From our study of C++, it should be clear that, unlike class encapsulation and single inheritance, which were essentially free in C, polymorphism in C involves some complexity and overhead. In the ...

C is still the dominant language for embedded programming—but these days, it has lots of company.

“Normal” programmers can get away with the assumption that their C programs start executing from the main () function. But embedded developers need to know what happens before that. Lesson 13 explores ...

Although the world of embedded software development languages seem to span somewhere between ASM and C89 all the way to MicroPython, there is a lot to be said for a happy medium between ease of dev… ...

In a survey, Embedded Systems Programming found 90 percent of subscribers used C in their work, 45 percent used C++ and 10 percent used Java (some programmers work with multiple languages).

Most embedded programming is done in C and C++. Many languages are used for embedded applications, from Java to Lua, but C dominates. C’s popularity is no surprise.

Mark Russinovich, the chief technology officer of Microsoft Azure, says developers should avoid using C or C++ programming languages in new projects and instead use Rust because of security and ...

The paper from Stroustrup and his peers talks up the use of C++ in safety critical domains, such as embedded, medical, aerospace, and avionics. They acknowledge there's "increased demands for more ...

US President Joe Biden’s administration wants software developers to use memory-safe programming languages and ditch vulnerable ones like C and C++.

“C++ is heavily used in embedded systems, game development and financial trading software, just to name a few domains,” Jansen wrote. C++ was first released in 1985 as an extension of C.