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If you look at surveys ,c++ ,as shitty as it may be, is used a lot around the industry.And the fact that ARM have chosen it for the mbed on which they plan to b
by minthd 12y ago
If you look at surveys ,c++ ,as shitty as it may be, is used a lot around the industry.And the fact that ARM have chosen it for the mbed on which they plan to build an operating system around for IOT chips, shows it's value for mcu's, at least in some segments.
The other data point regarding rust is the huge excitement in the embedded community.
- taeric 12y agoI shouldn't be surprised that c++ is as popular as it is. For some reason, I was fixated on the kernel for the data point I was thinking of. And do not mistake what I'm saying as that I think rust isn't as good as c. Even better, in many ways. My question is specifically if people today will be able to accomplish better things because of the language. I'm doubtful. Most of the biggest accomplishments in embedded space comes down to the massive gains in the silicon. Most of which is dominated by advances in boolean chain evaluation to make faster circuits. Wider, sure, but also faster. (At least, that is my understanding... I'll admit I am no authority on this.)