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lionkoryesterday at 7:33 PM4 repliesview on HN

Do you have a couple of real world examples?


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mikepurvisyesterday at 7:41 PM

Any established C codebase, for example the kernel or Postgres?

Traditionally microcontroller firmwares as well, though those are increasingly friendly to C++, you just have to be careful about allocations as C++ makes it way easier to accidentally allocate than C does.

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_proofsyesterday at 11:01 PM

literally a good majority of existing embedded software coupled to applications in safety -- devices used by fire safety and first responders.

rectangyesterday at 7:42 PM

Writing extensions for projects that support C extensions but may not support C++ extensions, e.g. many dynamic languages.

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adastra22yesterday at 7:39 PM

Embedded systems, for example.

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