Rust on AVR: Safer microcontrollers almost here

Re:Rust on AVR: Safer microcontrollers almost here by dopeboy on Saturday February 11, 2017 @12:54AM (#13621274)

It's been seven years since I've programmed on embedded systems. I remember C ruling the day. Has that changed at all?

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Re:Rust on AVR: Safer microcontrollers almost here by boznz on Saturday February 11, 2017 @01:27AM (#13621374)

C++ has gained a bit of ground recently but C still rules the roost especially on smaller micros

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Re:Rust on AVR: Safer microcontrollers almost here by pjmlp on Saturday February 11, 2017 @01:32AM (#13621403)

To add to it, this was the issue of a few CppCon talks, namely how to bring C devs to write safer code.

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Re:Rust on AVR: Safer microcontrollers almost here by pjmlp on Saturday February 11, 2017 @01:30AM (#13621393)

There are Ada, Basic, Pascal, Oberon, C++ and Java options available, but C still takes the biggest market share.

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Re:Rust on AVR: Safer microcontrollers almost here by CamperBob2 on Saturday February 11, 2017 @01:24AM (#13621361)

Nope. Not in the least.

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Re:Rust on AVR: Safer microcontrollers almost here by hvasilev on Saturday February 11, 2017 @04:40AM (#13621933)

C is like a "portable assembly", its goal is to "abstract computers" and that is all. The languages that have attempted to replace it are trying to "abstract problems", which comes at a cost that people are not willing to pay.

If you want to replace C you either need to come with a better "portable assembly" or have a significant change in the hardware architecture that requires the change.

BTW this constant shoving of Rust down the embedded world's throat doesn't seem to be working.

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