5 roadblocks to Rust adoption in embedded systems - Embedded
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Rust’s memory safety capabilities make it an exciting language, but there are some significant roadblocks that will slow adoption in embedded systems. Rust has been making a lot of headlines about being the language to adopt. Rust’s memory safety capabilities make it an exciting language, but as with many things in life, it’s easier said […]
  • Tushta@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    I must admit that I’m disappointed with this article. It’ fairly standard “why isn’t X used in a field A” and the answer is: we’ve always used Y, so all libraries and tooling assume Y, and things are slow to change around here anyway. There is nothing specific to Rust, and the only semi-specific thing to embedded programing is noting the reliance on vendor provided libraries. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was generated by ChatGPT.

    • yoshi@programming.dev
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      1 year ago

      ChatGTP won’t make claims such as “Rust is an exciting language, and I expect it to gain market share slowly. However, I expect more teams to adopt C++ than Rust over the next half-decade.” but will use a lot more weasel words haha.

      As for the argument being “it’s not standard”, it’s dull but quite true