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by Someone 4630 days ago
"While systems programmers are fleeing from C++ back to C(!!!)"

Example? I know of new developments in systems programming written in C++ (LLVM, clang, WebKit, FireFox (or did that start in C?)), I know of some that moved from C to C++ (gcc, maybe FireFox), I know of new developments in C (Linux, git), but I not aware of any system going from C++ to C. They may exist, but I would need more than a few examples to be convinced of the existence of a general trend.
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hershel 4630 days ago
Example: microcontrollers and embedded systems.

Some time ago there was a shift towards c++,but a large percent are returning back to c.

That's what i recall from surveys from UBM, the company that runs eetimes.com .

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Someone 4630 days ago
Looking at http://images.content.ubmtechelectronics.com/Web/UBMTechElec..., I can see where that argument comes from. Looking solely at the C++ data across the years, slides 20 and 21 can be seen as indicators that C++ peaked in 2011. If that's the case, however, C peaked in 2012.

Also, for C, there seem to be fewer 'next' projects than 'current' projects, while for C++ those numbers are about equal.

Extrapolating like mad on almost no data, one could argue that C is on the way out in favour of Python, Java, and C#.

.Net is on the decline, though, so there either must be tremendous growth in the use of Mono in embedded software, or that data must be taken with a grain of salt. My money is on the latter, but surprise me.

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