Got this far: “There’s C ... used today mostly to build programs that run on devices like printers”
Yeah, right.
Apparently the author did not learn too much!!
Should’ve read: There’s ‘C’ ... used mostly by real programmers who know how to properly allocate and use system, hardware, & network resources to write fast, efficient instructions.
Flame away, Code Monkeys. ;p
If your printer were to print out the source code for its firmware, what do you suppose it would look like?
How about the code running in your microwave or your internet-connected thermostat?
While I haven’t written code for printers, I did write a lot of it for controlling test equipment. It’s not a bad language at all for embedded systems.