For the past thirty years or so, the choice of languages for embedded systems developers has been relatively slim. Languages like C++ and Ada have found a home in some niche areas, such as telecommunications and safety critical fields, while higher level languages like Lua, Python, and JavaScript have found a home for scripting and prototyping.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://interrupt.memfault.com/blog/zero-to-main-rust-1