What a constructive discussion this is. I just have to contribute: Steve says it is obvious for which programming language (C or C++) you SHOULD choose. However he just makes one argument-like statement: "the GUI was done in C++ with reusable code". And in contrast to this argument the language of choice should be C.
Well I have chosen C++ for my project, because with this language it is possible to implement an OO-design. And we have all heard of the advantages of OO-development: - Reusable (if correctly implemented) - Easier to maintain. - etc. Unfortunately I have not read the "Does OO Synch with How We Think?" paper. However I'm not impressed by the conclusion of the author (who wrote it anyway?). There are, as I see it, two possibilities for "the greater demand for long term memory": The first is the re-use of source-code. It is off course ridiculous to think that the writer of a particular piece of software will be the sole person to reuse the source-code. So create a well documented OO-design and implement it accordingly. This should make it easy for everybody, including the writer, to understand the code. And makes the use of long term memory redundant. The second use of long term memory is in a large project where you create tons of code over a period of a few years. However this can also be remedied by a good OO-design and implementation. Use of code a few years after it is implemented resembles re-use very closely. So make an OO-design and implement it in an OO-language like C++. These rules apply to all projects, so the choice between C++ and C for your RTLinux project should be obvious. Choose C++ ! Albert > For my project at work, the GUI was done in C++ with reusable code > modules like bitmap objects, labels, text boxes, sliders, pulldown > menus, etc. The RTLinux modules were all done in straight C. I thought > it was obvious which to do. > > Steve > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of >>Christopher D. Carothers >>Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 1:25 PM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: [rtl] Re: RT C++ and why more people don't use it. >> >> >> Hi all -- let me fan the flames a bit on this topic and >>point out >>a very interesting paper on the subject of OO programming by >>Les Hatton. >>The title is "Does OO Synch with How We Think?", IEEE >>Software, May/June >>1998. Basically, the conclusion the author comes to and >>provides evidence >>for is that object-oriented programming results in more coding >>errors and >>each error takes long to fix. The reason he provides is that object- >>oriented programming requires much greater dependence on the >>developer's >>long term memory (human memory and NOT RAM :-)) which ultimate lead to >>more errors and by extension they are going to take longer to fix. >> >> Now, I caveat the above with that Les' study was done before the >>wide use of the Standard Template Library (STL). In fact, STL >>was not used >>in C vs. C++ comparison study. >> >> When deciding to go with C++ (vs C), the author recommends you >>determine if you get a high degree of code reuse ( GUI development has >>benefited greatly from this). Otherwise, go with C. > > -- [rtl] --- > To unsubscribe: > echo "unsubscribe rtl" | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR > echo "unsubscribe rtl <Your_email>" | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > For more information on Real-Time Linux see: > http://www.rtlinux.org/ ----------------------------------------- This email was sent using SquirrelMail. "Webmail for nuts!" http://squirrelmail.org/ -- [rtl] --- To unsubscribe: echo "unsubscribe rtl" | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR echo "unsubscribe rtl <Your_email>" | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For more information on Real-Time Linux see: http://www.rtlinux.org/
