Bob Lunn
08/22/97 04:10 PM


> The subset of C++ eliminates features that carry a
> large run-time overhead such as multiple inheritance,
> virtual base classes, exceptions...etc.

     Features such as virtual base classes and exceptions
     are what make C++ an attractive language for embedded
     application development.

     Take them out, and you may as well just use C.

     I would also dispute that either of these necessarily
     has 'a large run-time overhead'.

     // I do like C++ comments, though.

> I also heard there is a Java version for embedded too.

     Yeah, the many meanings of the word embedded!

     Embedded Java is not intended to run on something
     like a pic.  It's directed at 32-bit processors
     with MMU's and FPU's and megabytes of RAM.

     An Hitachi SH3 would be a good example.

___Bob