From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f849b,48e9a4384a329aa X-Google-Attributes: gidf849b,public X-Google-Thread: f4e50,48e9a4384a329aa X-Google-Attributes: gidf4e50,public X-Google-Thread: 115aec,48e9a4384a329aa X-Google-Attributes: gid115aec,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,48e9a4384a329aa X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4fa88a58df67ffce,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,48e9a4384a329aa X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public From: jsa@organon.com (Jon S Anthony) Subject: Re: Can OO be successful in real-time embedded systems? Date: 1996/04/11 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 146970995 sender: news@organon.com (news) references: <316BF0C5.1FE1@condat.de> organization: Organon Motives, Inc. newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.object,comp.lang.c++,comp.realtime,comp.dcom.telecom.tech,comp.arch.embedded Date: 1996-04-11T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <316BF0C5.1FE1@condat.de> Henning Rietz 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 > -- = > > Henning Rietz c/o > Condat GmbH Telephone: +49.30.39094-179 > Alt-Moabit 91D Fax: +49.30.39094-300 > 10559 Berlin, Germany E-Mail: rietz@condat.de -- Jon Anthony Organon Motives, Inc. 1 Williston Road, Suite 4 Belmont, MA 02178 617.484.3383 jsa@organon.com