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From: Gerhard Menzl <gerhard.menzl@sea.ericsson.se>
Subject: Re: Ada vs C++ vs Java
Date: 1999/01/14
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Erik Funkenbusch wrote:

> >- be suitable for design of embedded systems
>
> C++ generally isn't.  There is an "embedded C++" that's in the works, and
> there might even be some implementations.  C is better for embedded work
> than C++.

This claim is completely unfounded. Since C is "for all practical purposes" (as
Bjarne Stroustrup puts it) a subset of C++, there is no reason why C should be a
better choice, providing compilers are available for both languages. Whether
certain *features* of C++ such as templates or exceptions can be reasonably used
on embedded systems is a matter of debate.

Gerhard Menzl