Re:MicroPython – Python for Microcontrollers
by SOLAR_FIELDS on Friday June 10, 2022 @08:15PM
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> That is definitely a factor! But I probably wouldn't pick C++ for a medical device now anyway - I would go with Ada or Rust.
I would like to as well, but that is very much not an option in most hardware projects at the time of writing of this comment. The ecosystem for these kinds of projects as a business in hardware is just too young to make it reliable enough to be shipping in a reasonable amount of time. Currently you really have very few choices in mainstream embedded programming for languages in a generic sense. You either work in c or c++, or you use micropython - and even micropython is young enough to invite some skepticism. No other ecosystem rivals these, though I do look forward to some promising commercial embedded Rust projects in the next few years.
I would like to as well, but that is very much not an option in most hardware projects at the time of writing of this comment. The ecosystem for these kinds of projects as a business in hardware is just too young to make it reliable enough to be shipping in a reasonable amount of time. Currently you really have very few choices in mainstream embedded programming for languages in a generic sense. You either work in c or c++, or you use micropython - and even micropython is young enough to invite some skepticism. No other ecosystem rivals these, though I do look forward to some promising commercial embedded Rust projects in the next few years.