Is C Dead?

Аннотация

The C language has been the choice for test and measurement applications for years. But with the popularity of object-oriented languages such as C++ and C#. some may wonder if C has a place in tomorrow's test systems. If you do have a significant amount of C code investment, it is important to understand not only the key C programming language strengths and weaknesses but also best practices when integrating C code into applicationswritten in another language. Introduced more than 35 years ago, the C language has been used in test and measurement, embedded systems, and device driver development for decades. Initiaiiy created to address code reuse challenges commonly associated with assembly languages, the C programming language was developed to be platform-independent by abstracting the hardware layer. Because C often is only one layer away from the hardware, it generally is accepted that C provides much of the speed and memory efficiency associated with assembly while increasing code portability and decreasing development time.