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by baka 3491 days ago
As far as I know most space software these days, and embedded in general, is in (at least a sub/superset of) C.
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Yes, but it wasn't always, and still isn't always.

Although your point is very good in that it weakens (further) the "safety is everything" argument. In my opinion. There is so much mission critical software today that is written in C and C++. That's one reason why "safety, safety, safety!" just isn't as persuasive to me as it perhaps is to others.