I have a very strong resistance to the practice of doing something [anything!] just because “it is the way we have always done it”. I love to play Devil’s Advocate [or “Devil’s Avocado” as I heard someone quip the other day] and propose change just to shake things up. It may be that the tried and tested approach is, indeed, the best, but you cannot be sure until you have considered that other options.

When it comes to embedded programming, it is easy – most people use C or similar languages. But is that the only way? … (more…)