Re: Can OO be successful in real-time embedded systems?

[jsa@organon.com (Jon S Anthony)]

In article <316BF0C5.1FE1@condat.de> Henning Rietz <rietz@condat.de> writes:

I would believe that Ada folk have more to say on this than most.  So,
I am crossing it over to c.l.a too...

/Jon




> To whom it may concern:
> 
> For the last couple of weeks I have been involved in a major survey on
> the use of object oriented techniques in the area of telecommunications
> (mainly in the German speaking region).
> I can say "everybody" is using OO in some areas (mainly network
> management, switch provisioning, customer care), BUT there are (almost)
> no examples in the area of (small) embedded systems, main reasons for
> that being:
> 
>         - "OO systems are too slow"
>         - "OO systems eat up too much memory"
> 
> I believe, that this is not necessarily true but heavily related to
> experience. Now I=B4m asking you:
> 
>           How far "down" does the application of OO really go?
>           How far will it go in the future?
>           Who develops commercial(!) embedded real-time systems
>               using OO methods and languages?
>           Will OO ever be of major importance in that area?
> 
> If you have an opinion concerning these questions please share it with
> me! Even those who think they=B4ll "never use that OO-stuff".
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Henning
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> 
> Henning Rietz c/o
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