Could you please elaborate on why?
Projects like Ferrocene or GNAT Pro seem to indicate that's a possibility. (automotive gaining traction sort of paves the way to avionics/aerospace).
https://ferrocene.dev/en/ https://www.eenewseurope.com/en/first-rust-compiler-qualifie...
I don't see any incentive to move away from C.
I was discouraged to use C++ even. The amount of extra work is huge.
I don't know a lot about Rust myself, but the impression I get is that it is a bit less obviously deterministic than C.
Things boil down to (IMHO): - every requirement must be traceable to code - every line of code must fulfill a requirement - any dynamic behavior (for example heap allocation) must be proven to work under all circumstances
Re:Who is NOT moving from C/C++ to Rust?
by thesuperbigfrog on Friday August 02, 2024 @10:43AM
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>> I currently work on certified avionics. I don't see rust used there in the next 10 years.
There is definitely interest in using Rust for safety critical work:
https://www.adacore.com/gnatpro-rust
I think it will definitely happen, but I am not sure how soon.
Even using OO over plain C adds a huge amount of extra work already.