Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 13:40:11 -0600 (CST) From: "Kenneth P. Stox" <stox@imagescape.com> To: Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: I386_CPU Message-ID: <XFMail.010118134011.stox@imagescape.com> In-Reply-To: <20010118072110.A431@puck.firepipe.net>
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On 18-Jan-01 Will Andrews wrote: > Well, Warner, I've never done embedded systems. So, tell me, do they > actually use any C++ code in embedded systems? C++ has a rather high > overhead as far as disk space & memory goes. I would imagine that 99%+ > of embedded systems do not use C++ code except perhaps for a very small > amount of the code. FYI, one of the first C++ applications to see the light of day outside of Bell Labs was DMDPI, a debugger for an intelligent graphic terminal ( DMD5620 ). I think that comes close to qualifying as an embedded application. When it is the right tool for the right job, C++ can be the most efficient tool around. When used incorrectly, it can be a nightmare, but then again, so can any language. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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