Not disputing understaffed possibly being true, and not arguing with you guys, but it's a poor excuse for Microsoft being one of the richest, most powerful companies in the world, while willing and continuing to lose billions on things like Bing, Xbox (it's true, they still haven't broken even if you count all they spent plus the red-ring-of-death write-offs), Zune, and now their mobile initiatives.
And what was Microsoft doing in those 12 years between C99 and C11? What are they doing so inefficiently in their design that they can't figure out how to implement C when every other C++ compiler team has? Come on, Clang didn't even exist until 6 years ago.
Stupid positions Microsoft takes like this with regards to C99 and C11 only underscore how pathetic, short sighted, and clueless they have been for over a decade. They have needlessly alienated developers they profess they need so much for so little reason. How ironic that now they are begging developers to do Windows RT and are promoting "going native".
How ironic that now they are ... promoting "going native"
Actually for me this is a sign that they are finally starting to Get It. I agree with your sentiments on the last decade but it seems to be improving now.
And what was Microsoft doing in those 12 years between C99 and C11? What are they doing so inefficiently in their design that they can't figure out how to implement C when every other C++ compiler team has? Come on, Clang didn't even exist until 6 years ago.
Stupid positions Microsoft takes like this with regards to C99 and C11 only underscore how pathetic, short sighted, and clueless they have been for over a decade. They have needlessly alienated developers they profess they need so much for so little reason. How ironic that now they are begging developers to do Windows RT and are promoting "going native".