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White House urges developers to dump C and C++ (www.infoworld.com)

submitted 8 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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White House urges developers to dump C and C++::Biden administration calls for developers to embrace memory-safe programing languages and move away from those that cause buffer overflows and other memory access vulnerabilities.

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[–] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 43 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Good luck with that, C/C++ are still crazy popular

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 37 points 8 months ago (1 children)

well... that's the point - if they weren't this wouldn't be a concern

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

We really need to get the kids to stop programming with punch cards. /s

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Damn, it’s been like 25 years since I touched either of those. Aside from OS development, do people really do that anymore?

[–] ArmainAP@programming.dev 9 points 8 months ago

C++ is also the standard in game dev. You may see some C# here and there, but most engines, public available or otherwise, are built on C++.

If it is a AAA game, I can assure you it is most likely made with C++.

[–] poopsmith@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Most of the embedded world uses those.

[–] Subverb@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Embedded systems developer here. If you're programming on ARM or one of the other big microcontrollers there aren't many well supported options. ARM's official Keil compiler and libraries are C and C++ and I see no official movement to change that.

They have literally decades in building those tools.

Microsoft's multithreaded OS ThreadX is C code. They just bought it for a large undisclosed amount in 2018. It ain't going anywhere soon.

AWS's FreeRTOS is C. Not going anywhere.

Embedded development toolchains are very slow to change.

[–] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

https://www.geekboots.com/story/why-c-is-so-popular-and-still-the-best-programming-language

Basically, C runs the modern world. WiFi, MacOS, Windows, Linux, and so much more

[–] flatpandisk@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

A large chunk of not most of robotic development is C and C++. Since working with a mixture of hardware, software, and even performance software here comes C and C++.