In 2011 ISO published a new version of C++. The C++11 standard was a major change to the language, not only from syntactical perspective but, more significantly, requiring a new approach to designing and developing with C++.

Over the last decade, we have seen three further revisions of the standard (C++14/17/20), culminating in the release of C++20 in December of last year.

However, many embedded engineers are still wary of C++ and live with the misconception that it is unsuitable for embedded development.

This talk looks at the evolution of C++ and where an embedded engineer may realise significant safety and performance benefits by adopting modern C++.