C Language

Currently, the most commonly-used language for embedded systems
“High-level assembly”
Very portable: compilers exist for virtually every processor
Easy-to-understand compilation
Produces efficient code
Designed for systems programming
           Operating systems
           Utility programs
           Compilers
           Filters

Standardized in 1989 by ANSI (American National Standards Institute) known as ANSI C

International standard (ISO) in 1990  which was adopted by ANSI and is known as C89

As part of the normal evolution process the standard was updated in 1995 (C95) and 1999 (C99)

C++ and C

C++ extends C to include support for Object Oriented Programming and other features that facilitate large software development projects.