Not really -- vendors are free to ignore newer releases of the standard that do not meet their customers needs and the committee can't do much about it. Howeve

Not really -- vendors are free to ignore newer releases of the standard that do not meet their customers needs and the committee can't do much about it. However, as a user, you can help apply pressure on the vendor to support newer standards. For instance, with Microsoft, you could support this feedback request: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/idea/387315/add-c11-support.html https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/idea/387315/add-...