Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: ..why C++ and not C?

2002-05-28 Thread Alex Perry
On Sat, 27 Apr 2002 01:57:09 -0500 Jonathan Polley wrote When you state your concerns about the FAA, I assume that you are talking about avionics software, probably DO-178B level C or higher. FlightGear is a combination of an aircraft FDM, a GIS database and a 3D GUI. When placed into an

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: ..why C++ and not C?

2002-05-28 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Tue, 28 May 2002 09:06:35 -0700 (PDT), Alex Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sat, 27 Apr 2002 01:57:09 -0500 Jonathan Polley wrote When you state your concerns about the FAA, I assume that you are talking about avionics software, probably DO-178B level

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: ..why C++ and not C?

2002-05-28 Thread Jonathan Polley
On Monday, May 27, 2002, at 04:43 PM, joe mangan wrote:   Standards for application to general aviation aircraft have been revised as to reduce the burden for certification of specific classes of avionics equipment.   AC 29-1309   An alternative would be to consider an effort to certify

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Re: ..why C++ and not C?

2002-04-27 Thread Norman Vine
Jonathan Polley writes: The biggest problem I see with C++ and the FAA is that it is VERY hard to guarantee that C++ will not do any dynamic memory allocation. Agreed -- this is the 'crux' of the issue for long running 'critical' software. AFAIK most of this kind of software when written in

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Re: ..why C++ and not C?

2002-04-27 Thread Jon Berndt
Norman Vine wrote: Jonathan Polley writes: The biggest problem I see with C++ and the FAA is that it is VERY hard to guarantee that C++ will not do any dynamic memory allocation. Agreed -- this is the 'crux' of the issue for long running 'critical' software. AFAIK most of this kind of

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: ..why C++ and not C?

2002-04-27 Thread Jonathan Polley
On Saturday, April 27, 2002, at 07:59 AM, Jon Berndt wrote: Norman Vine wrote: Jonathan Polley writes: The biggest problem I see with C++ and the FAA is that it is VERY hard to guarantee that C++ will not do any dynamic memory allocation. Agreed -- this is the 'crux' of the issue for

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: ..why C++ and not C?

2002-04-26 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Arnt Karlsen writes: ..can C code be generated from C++ or Java source without undue difficulty using some tool? How about C++ from Java source? Originally, back in the old days, C++ was implimented via a translater that produced C code for final compilation. So, yes C code can be generated,