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While C isn't going to replaced on embedded any moment soon, there are alternatives out there, when the team is open minded.

C++, Pascal, Basic, Java, Ada, Oberon all have mature toolchains available from companies that have been in business for the last couple of decades.

As per several C++ retrospective talks, the focus on C is more social issue than anything else.



> As per several C++ retrospective talks, the focus on C is more social issue than anything else.

The social issue may be that many embedded programmers prefer C to C++, for what they believe to be legitimate reasons.


Most of which seem more like cargo cult than anything else.


Does Oberon have any major commerical usage? I read up on it a while back and thought it was a neat experiment


It doesn't that I know of. Relevant to the C space, there is an embedded platform for it:

https://astrobe.com/Oberon.htm


One should note that this company is in business for around 20 years now, so they get by, even if they aren't SV like rich.




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