gnupic: Re: [gnupic] is OO any use?
Subject:
Re: [gnupic] is OO any use?
From:
David Santo Orcero ####@####.####
Date:
19 Aug 2005 11:17:54 +0100
Message-Id: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0508191206120.31612@zeus.orcero.org>
Hello, David!
> This is not a troll, so please forgive me if it comes across as such.
I don think so. :-)
> What I'm asking here is - is there any real practical value to be gained
> from supporting OOP in a PIC runtime environment?
Let's divide the question in two parts:
OOP as a design metodology: so far you are confortable with OOP design, I
don't feel any problem with using it. If it allows you to a better design,
and a cleaner organization, you will have a code more easy to understand
and maintain. And if you use assembler -and most of us use it-, you will
need that kind of code. There are tricks well known to obtain good
non-OOP code for a OOP design, so don't be afraid to mix OOP design with
final assembler code.
OOP programming languages: teorically, it is possible; but I don't know
any OO language compiler for PICs. Anyway, I strongly doubt that it is
usefull. There are some issues related with dynamic linking and function
calling that are heavier in a OO languaje due to polymorfism and inherance
that could make the call of a function too heavy for obtaining good
performance for a PIC. More powerfull microcontrolers -and I think here in
something like a picojava core and higher- would allow an OO languaje, but
the energy needs will be higher, and the cost of the components and the
development time of the hardware will also increase.
Yours:
David
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David Santo Orcero
http://www.orcero.org/irbis
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