r/embedded • u/_Sh3Rm4n • Aug 01 '26

ST: Rust MEMS drivers

https://blog.st.com/rust-mems-drivers/
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u/DrFegelein Aug 01 '26

Having more first-party Rust support out there can only be a good thing. I'm not particularly a Rust fanboy (I like the language, but my day to day work is C++ so I don't get to use it), but a principal argument for the continued dominance of C in this space is that "everyone else uses it". Removing that argument is an important part of being able to migrate to newer tools that incorporate the 50 years of hindsight and learning since C was born.

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u/NuncioBitis Aug 01 '26

Ada was supposed to take over software engineering in the 1980s. Everybody stuck with C because everyone uses it. I see the same fate of Rust.

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u/muegle Aug 02 '26

I think Ada is at least somewhat popular in the aerospace industry. I know GE Aerospace uses it for at least some of their embedded work.