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Program Sections A program section is a contiguous chunk of memory with a symbolic name. For historical reasons, the main program sections are named: .text (dot-text) for the code in ROM, .bss for ...
From our study of C++, it should be clear that, unlike class encapsulation and single inheritance, which were essentially free in C, polymorphism in C involves some complexity and overhead. In the ...
In a survey, Embedded Systems Programming found 90 percent of subscribers used C in their work, 45 percent used C++ and 10 percent used Java (some programmers work with multiple languages).
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Rust is a promising replacement for C and C++, particularly for systems-level programming, infrastructure projects, embedded software development, and more -- but not everywhere and not in all ...
C++ covers the whole programming range, from low level to high, making it ideally suited for writing portable software. Code portability is often neglected in embedded-systems engineering, however.
The paper from Stroustrup and his peers talks up the use of C++ in safety critical domains, such as embedded, medical, aerospace, and avionics. They acknowledge there's "increased demands for more ...