Re: C vs C++ in Embedded Systems?

From: Grant Edwards (grante_at_visi.com)
Date: 01/28/05 

Date: 28 Jan 2005 19:12:05 GMT

On 2005-01-28, Mayank Kaushik <prehistorictoad2k@yahoo.com> wrote:

> How do C and C++ compare vis-a-vis Embedded Systems?

IMO, nobody should write a line of source code for an embedded
system unless they know ahead of time what code (more or less)
the compiler is going to generate. That's possible with C.

The C++ language is so unbelievably complex and "feature"
ridden, that nobody ever quite knows what's going to happen
when they write a line of code.

IOW, I don't approve of C++ for embedde use. Or for
non-embedded use, actually. 

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