In industry surveys, more than 80% of embedded systems software developers report using either C or C++ as their primary programming language. Yet as a group, they earned a failing grade on a multiple-choice evaluation of their firmware-related C knowledge.
In December of 2007, an Embedded C Quiz was launched online as part of a redesigned Netrino website. In the 25 months since, over 4,000 data points have been collected regarding the C language skills of embedded systems programmers. The aggregate quiz results, as well as those from specific countries and regions, tell an interesting tale.
