[Info-vax] The (now lost) future of Alpha.

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 8/3/2018 8:32 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 08/02/2018 10:03 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 8/2/2018 11:10 AM, Chris wrote:
>>> Craftsmen like sharp tools and C is probably the sharpest tool
>>> you can find anywhere for systems programming and embedded
>>> systems work.
>>
>> Embedded is not really me, but I would expect the role
>> of C to decline as many embedded systems get much more
>> CPU and memory.
>>
>>>              Just have to be careful not to cut yourself
>>> using it :-).
>>
>> Yep.
> 
> We heard that when Ada came out.  While a lot of
> embedded work moved to Ada C remained a mainstay.
> I expect the same will be true for other languages.
> As the amount of embedded increases other languages
> may make an appearance, but not supplanting C, just
> in addition to it.

C will certainly continue to be used.

And to clarify - by "role of C to decline" I only
meant the percentage of embedded programs in C not the
number of embedded programs in C.

But embedded with multi core SOC's and hundreds
of MB of RAM gives more options.

C, C++ or Ada still provide easy HW access and
good real time characteristics, so they will
not go away.

Arne