Re:Rust can be difficult to learn and frustrating, but it's ...
by pjmlp on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @03:11AM
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Sure it is for political reasons when even C99 is seen as too modern, and many are unwilling to let go of C89 and Assembly even if the OEM toolchain supports modern C.
And for another point of view of someone more relevant than my insignificant self,
CppCon 2016: Dan Saks “extern c: Talking to C Programmers about C++”
Thankfully there are industry certification standards like AUTOSAR, which now require C++, so those devs can choose to keep grasping to C and switch industry or learn more modern languages.
And for another point of view of someone more relevant than my insignificant self,
CppCon 2016: Dan Saks “extern c: Talking to C Programmers about C++”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7Sd8A6_fYU
"Embedded Development with Dan Saks"
http://cppcast.com/2016/10/dan-saks/
Thankfully there are industry certification standards like AUTOSAR, which now require C++, so those devs can choose to keep grasping to C and switch industry or learn more modern languages.