On 03.10.14 12:06, andy pugh wrote: > On 3 October 2014 11:38, Erik Christiansen <dva...@internode.on.net> wrote: > >> > said that a determined programmer can write fortran in any language. > >> > >> You have seen the FORTRAN++ that makes up the bulk of the NML code in > >> LinuxCNC then? > > > > Errr ... is that relevant to the context? > > It was a joke. Or an attempt at one. As far as I know there is no such > language. > Some bits of LinuxCNC is written in C++ that looks more like FORTRAN
Sorry to spoil the joke by needing an explanation. I'm clearly a bit slow, here at the end of the week. Despite buying a couple of books on C++, about 20 years ago, I only ever wrote one program in the language. IIRC, Linus Torvalds refuses to let any of it into his kernel. That seems wise. Luckily, I never had to use it in several decades of developing embedded systems. My first defence was always "especially with late binding, inheritance will emasculate our real-time performance." That was usually enough to make eager-to-be-with-it managers wander off dispiritedly. The sig, below, was another worry. But since the lauded benefits of OO mostly amount to increased cohesion and decreased coupling, I figured that with rigorous design discipline, C could provide similar maintainability attributes, but without the pain. (And anyway, I could estimate a C & assembler project reliably enough to deliver on time. If we'd ever dived into C++, I'd be flying blind - and be answerable for having half a product when both time and money were gone.) There wouldn't be much of it in your engine controllers? Erik -- One of the pains that come with large C++ programs is that simply finding code can be difficult. It's not always clear which method will be invoked in a specific situation, http://lwn.net/Articles/370717/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Meet PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance Requirements with EventLog Analyzer Achieve PCI DSS 3.0 Compliant Status with Out-of-the-box PCI DSS Reports Are you Audit-Ready for PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance? Download White paper Comply to PCI DSS 3.0 Requirement 10 and 11.5 with EventLog Analyzer http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=154622311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
