text_combined: adam l beberg bebergmithralcom mon 2 sep 2002 russell turpin wrote adam beberg considering 90 fake job posting see embedded systems device drivers c still rules world lot c embedded world static object allocation programming techniques performance differences disappear c gives boost development maintainability agreed much difference c doesnt seem wrong crawling around registers things quite frankly cant fit _that_ big project 32k rom large project issues dont matter much embedded world realtime space data coming 2gbitsec fibrechannel every cycle count real issue compiler availability almost every embedded platform c crosscompilers many c compilers still range platforms first second least story years ago definately still true c compilers still rarity adam l duncan beberg httpwwwmithralcombeberg bebergmithralcom mon 2 sep 2002 003739 0700 pdt java kiddies