Anyone still program C here?

Mystique · 6 Mar 2009 at 15:35

Just wondering if any actually still programs C (not C++)? If you do, why and what for? I'm not trying to pick an arguement here, I'm ust genuinely interested. The only reason I can think is for legacy hardware where no modern compiler exists? Correct me if I'm wrong!

Chaos · 6 Mar 2009 at 15:40

Its still used a lot in microcontroller programming.

Munkeh · 6 Mar 2009 at 15:53

I use it for CUDA programming which is C based.

dave-lew99 · 6 Mar 2009 at 16:29

I've used C for the odd bits and pieces - but usually for things like libraries before integrating into a C++ app.

Also used it for some basic *nix apps where C had all the functionality required of a simple app.

Ladforce · 6 Mar 2009 at 21:02

I use c. For deep packet inspection and video processing on an embedded system.

Mystique · 6 Mar 2009 at 22:26

Chaos said:
Its still used a lot in micro controller programming.

Ladforce said:
I use c. For deep packet inspection and video processing on an embedded system.

Ah yeah, forgot about that sort of thing. Still, they're both fairly-ish unique cases. The reason why I initially made this post was because of websites like this one where C is ranked number 2 (and ranked highest in 2008!) in popularity.

BullBoyShoes · 9 Mar 2009 at 19:28

I can quite believe it, even your toaster probably has a little micro in there with some embedded C on it

RobH · 9 Mar 2009 at 19:57

I was surprised to hear that modern cars run nearly 100 million lines of code spread across 70-100 microcontrollers networked together. Microcontrollers are in nearly everything today, even the cheapest of electronics.

UK|AL · 9 Mar 2009 at 20:27

RobH said:
I was surprised to hear that modern cars run nearly 100 million lines of code spread across 70-100 microcontrollers networked together. Microcontrollers are in nearly everything today, even the cheapest of electronics.

It's often cheap to stick a microcontroller in it, than build a analog equivelent. That's why there everywhere.

AliP · 10 Mar 2009 at 10:13

The core renderer where I work is written in C for speed reasons,

There's layers and layers of C++ on top though - and it can be a pain jumping between the two languages. I regularly forget what C can't do