Why are C, C++, and LISP so prevalent in embedded devices and robots?

Question

It seems that the software language skills most sought for embedded devices and robots are C, C++, and LISP. Why haven\'t more recent languages made inroads into these applicat

Answer 1

Because embedded devices mostly have limited resources where it is not welcome to have luxury such as automatic garbage collector. C/C++ allows you to work on quite low levels and program close to machine so that you get effective code as very much needed on those devices.

One more area where high-level languages like Java and .NET don't play well is real-time operation. You can't afford to get suddenly stalled because the garbage collector just kicked in at the worst possible moment.