Language standard compliance

This topic describes the C programming language specifications that IBM® XL C for AIX®, V13.1.3 supports.

In addition to the standard language levels, XL C supports the following language extensions:
  • Partial support for OpenMP Application Program Interface V4.0
  • OpenMP Application Program Interface V3.1
  • Language extensions to support vector programming
  • A subset of GNU C language extensions

See Language levels and language extensions for more information about C language specifications and extensions.



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