On Wed, 1 Jul 2009 11:23:49 -0400, "Olin Lathrop"
<olin_piclist@embedinc.com> said:

> > If you need rubber padding on the world to protect you, you might
> > be in the wrong line of work.
> 
> So you really don't believe in the merits of tight type checking and
> syntax
> with a better chance of human errors being illegal?

MISRA C ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MISRA_C ) and its guidelines are
an attempt to make C more robust. But it can't do everything, and C will
always be more "dangerous" than higher level languages. 

C is a great compromise between assembly language and a true high level
language, and as such, is a pretty good choice for programming PICs and
other small micros, at least for me. 

For anything with an operating system, C is not my first choice.

Cheerful regards,

Bob

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