Sorry I can't help, but +1 troll on this... On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 6:47 AM, Jeff Hammond <[email protected]> wrote: > Serious question: > > What are your reasons for using a language that is 27 years old? Terrible > compilers that have not been compliant with the current ISO C for 16 years? > Because MPICH does it? >
Jeff - I work for a horrible, truly terrible compiler company (sarcasm) and empathetically (sincerely) I don't think MSVC supports C99. So just taking a random guess that it could be part of the justification to maintain that level of compatibility. My 2nd guess would be someone really *loves* their SPARC workstation...
