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- From: mbk@caffeine.engr.utk.edu (Matt Kennel)
- Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.lang.c++,comp.realtime,comp.arch.embedded
- Subject: Re: Can OO be successful in real-time embedded systems?
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- Date: 15 Apr 1996 18:45:52 GMT
- Organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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- Bhargav P. Upender (barg@utrc.utc.com) wrote:
- : > Anyone had any Eiffel experience? (unfortunately, that
- : > rhymes with "awful"!)
-
- : I have "Personal Eiffel for Windows". I am not too impressed with the
- : maturity of the product.
- : * It is a memory hog. You need atleast 16M to run it on windows.
- : * The application that I have developed runs slow (personal version does
- : not have optimizer).
- : * I wouldn't use it for embedded systems yet!
-
- : The professional version might be better, but its more money.
-
- The personal eiffel for windows is an interpreter. It will be
- much slower than the professional version.
-
- 16 MB of memory is not very much.
-
- : I like the language: especially the pre/post conditions that can help in
- : reducing SW errors. These enable "programming by contract" method.
-
- : I like to hear other opinions.
-
- : Bhargav Upender
- : My opinions only!
-