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Because millions of web developers know it, and if you make IOT type products you'd like to peel off a few of those people to work on your emerging platform.

• sklogic 11y ago
  Who need "developers" of this kind, who are unwilling to learn something as small as a language? And they won't be able to transfer any other knowledge from their realm of web browsers into embedded, besides this thin language layer. So, what's the point, again? I cannot see a single rational reason.
  • andresmanz 11y ago
    That's a very important point. As an unexperienced developer, you can learn C in a few weeks. Then spend another few weeks on learning how to write clean, maintainable code. I wouldn't want to work with people who don't even want to do that. You already named the most appropriate tools (Assembler, C, C++, and Forth), and learning at least one of them is very easy. Pick the right tool for the right job. That's what I read all the time. The current approach of 'the industry' is porting JavaScript to just about everything, which is insane. But, you know, learning JavaScript is simple and that's what matters! Well, JavaScript isn't that simple. But writing insane, ugly code and making it run by accident is easier in JavaScript, for example, than in one of the more complex languages. I've seen things. Things I couldn't imagine in many other (static) languages, because it wouldn't even compile. Things that let me ask 'how did you even get this job?' over and over again.