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If i cannot use GCC i cannot compile to half the embedded platforms i work with on a daily basis. C remains widespread for unique reasons that not many other l
by aDyslecticCrow 5mo ago
If i cannot use GCC i cannot compile to half the embedded platforms i work with on a daily basis.
C remains widespread for unique reasons that not many other languages actually quite grasp.
Using C for a destop application should probably stop being done in light of many more languages more suited for the domain.
But there is no replacement for C in hard embedded systems. And there is no replacement for C in the massive domain of legacy c systems.
- xigoi 5mo agoGood thing there are safe languages that compile to C, such as Nim.
- aDyslecticCrow 5mo agoThese kind of effort have potential in my eyes. I've seen some others, and been tempted to write some tools of my own of this type. I personally struggle with often being stuck on c99, not even c11.
- Panzerschrek 5mo agoIt's not an excuse to write C forever, only because some embedded platforms have poor support in compilers other than GCC. Embedded developers should do something to force embedded vendors providing something better than a GCC fork or even something more obscure.
- aDyslecticCrow 5mo agoI really wish i could at the very least force them to use a modern GCC fork. Please no more c99!