"William "Chops" Westfield wrote:
> I've almost convinced myself that I understand the value of C++ and
> similar languages in high-end GUI OS environments; they do a much
> better job of hiding data structure internals than traditional
> languages.  I'm still not sure I understand the point of C++ in small
> embedded systems (although I sorta like function overloading.)

IMHO, OOP is a good way to make code more human readable, and extensible. 
Lately I've been reading and thinking a lot about design patterns, which for 
the most part require OOP. Given the cost of hardware vs. software, I think 
it's logical to consider sacrificing a bit of performance to be able to 
develop software faster and maintain it cheaper.

When I went from programming in Delphi back to C, I noticed that I miss 
objects and inheritance. :)  I try to follow the advice to "program into a 
language", and it definitely helps, but there are some things you just can't 
fake well in C.

BTW, I spoke to a Microchip FAE, and IAR is the only C++ compiler he's 
familiar with. According to him, the cost is about $3k.

Vitaliy


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