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> if I had to write my own Mars-landing controller, I would use C. No doubt there. C is a good choice for code generation, as a replacement for Assembler. But
by bitcracker 14y ago
> if I had to write my own Mars-landing controller, I would use C. No doubt there.
C is a good choice for code generation, as a replacement for Assembler. But I would never dare write mars landing code in C directly.
I guess the curiosity team used several languages destined for a 100% verified C compiler for a well defined subset of C.
- vonmoltke 14y agoBut I would never dare write mars landing code in C directly. Why not? I used to write code for airborne radars directly in C, so I may have a different perspective.