Why doesn't ANSI C have namespaces?

Question

Having namespaces seems like no-brainer for most languages. But as far as I can tell, ANSI C doesn\'t support it. Why not? Any plans to include it in a future standard?

Answer 1

just historical reasons. nobody thought of having something like a namespace at that time. Also they were really trying to keep the language simple. They may have it in the future