[geis]

Embedded systems has begun changing in a way that makes much of this discussion (about Python vs. C++) moot. There are small devices with a ton of compute power that run Linux quite easily, i.e. Raspberry Pi. However, devices are also getting much smaller and consuming less power, i.e. chipsets for smart watches.

Saying all embedded will get so fast that you can always use Python ignores the side that is focused on smaller footprint and power consumption. Saying that embedded is only hard-core C or C++ stuff that must be compiled is ignoring the Arduino/Pi world where devices that used to be clearly embedded are now powerful but still very small.

However, in either case, we do still regularly deal with a lot of issues such as constrained resources, real-time needs, etc. Grabbing a random engineer who knows Python and saying they're going to be good at that is silly. In many, many cases you'll still need to learn how the system truly works top to bottom to be effective.