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Most of the UNIX ecosystem (*BSDs, Linux, etc) is solely developed using C. In addition to that, most embedded operating systems and real-time applications that
by attheodo 14y ago
Most of the UNIX ecosystem (*BSDs, Linux, etc) is solely developed using C. In addition to that, most embedded operating systems and real-time applications that require heavy interaction with the hardware use the C programming language because it's versatile and low-level.
- jones1618 14y agoGreat answer, attheodo. In case "embedded systems" seem obscure, in real terms that means that the chances are good that any of your modern appliances such refrigerators, thermostats, cars, TVs, DVRs, etc. all have microprocessors and run code written in C.