Favorite microcontroller language?

I like C++ a lot, specifically I love OOP and the STL. If I had to write everything in plain C I would end up writing a lot of boilerplate code ('\0' supporting strings structures and functions; and container-alike structures and functions), time I would rather like to spend on the system functionality. Still, C++ is not well supported on microcontroller, as plain C has been the defacto for a long time.

What is your favourite language when programming microcontrollers and why?

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michaelkellett over 7 years ago

For me it's C !

C is an amazing, and possibly unique, engineering tool.

It manages to come closer to Einstein's "as simple as possible but not too simple" than pretty much anything.

You can use it to write a three line port toggle, or GIT (written AFAIK in C. not C++).

It gives you the close control you need in embedded micro-controller programming but has the power to do the hard stuff.

It's simple enough that the compilers actually work.

It's easy to learn.

I'm frequently struck by just how well it hangs together.

Of course it isn't the right tool for everything, you need VHDL for FPGAs and Visual Basic 6 for PCs.

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michaelkellett over 7 years ago

For me it's C !

C is an amazing, and possibly unique, engineering tool.

It manages to come closer to Einstein's "as simple as possible but not too simple" than pretty much anything.

You can use it to write a three line port toggle, or GIT (written AFAIK in C. not C++).

It gives you the close control you need in embedded micro-controller programming but has the power to do the hard stuff.

It's simple enough that the compilers actually work.

It's easy to learn.

I'm frequently struck by just how well it hangs together.

Of course it isn't the right tool for everything, you need VHDL for FPGAs and Visual Basic 6 for PCs.

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