C doesn't have a bool? Also VS2010 question

Question

I\'m using VS 2010 Pro.

First, C doesn\'t have a bool type? I just have to use int with 0/1. Seems odd as most languages consider boolean a standard type.

Answer 1

The current C language (C99) has a bool type (actually _Bool, but including stdbool.h declares a typedef alias bool for it), but since you're using MSVC, that's not available to you. In any case, using boolean types in C is completely non-idiomatic and largely useless. Just use int like everyone else. Or if you need a giant array of them, make your own bit-array implementation.