At 16:21 2007-01-23, you wrote: > >What you say is so true. there is no excuse to even lookat C whe C++ > >exist. None what so ever. Now all we have to do is convince the > >manufactures of millions of devices like 8 and 16 bit microcontrollers > >that are used in every day mundane things like microwaves, dvd > >players, cable boxes and a hord of security devices to accept this > >absolute thruth. > >Name one. I've been using small devices in projects like that and >"surprise, surprise, sergeant" g++ compiles just fine for them. > >Pic micros. If you know of a good C++ compiler for picmicro that also >have debuging and a good IDE then by all means tell me so I can use it >too. > >Fortunately when we took the job that was using PIC micros (and >after we looked at that abomination of a C compiler.....expensive >and not even standard C) we had an opportunity to use another >micro... we chose Atmel, and WinAVR. The only reason they'd picked >(pun intended) the PIC was because of the radio that was >embedded. The problem was, it wouldn't work in production, so we >plugged a Zigbee chip into the board design and off we went (Happily >in C++). I will point out that the engineers who write the header >files for the Atmel AVR systems apparently never actually programmed >for a living. They wirite stuff like Hardware Engineers and >couldn't abstract to save their lives.
Victor A. Wagner Jr. http://rudbek.com The five most dangerous words in the English language: "There oughta be a law"
