Microsoft already stated multiple times that the focus of Visual C++ is C++ (hence the name).
Whatever C related updates you might see, are the ones required by the ANSI C++ for C compatibility.
For C99 and C11 support there is the clang frontend to C2, the Visual C++ backend, currently taking an LLVM role at Microsoft, being shared between clang, VC++ and .NET Native.
Whatever C related updates you might see, are the ones required by the ANSI C++ for C compatibility.
For C99 and C11 support there is the clang frontend to C2, the Visual C++ backend, currently taking an LLVM role at Microsoft, being shared between clang, VC++ and .NET Native.