Re: [boost] [thread library rework] Ready to start

From: Ion Gaztañaga (igaztanaga_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-29 10:09:48

> What do you expect of library vendors that want to sell their
> implementation? There were fears that certain C++ features would make it
> less useful for embedded developers (be it memory bloat or what else) so they
> came up with EC++, which helped them sell to the embedded world.
> 
> It was always funny to see pjp and the dinkum folks defending EC++ on
> comp.languages.c++ :)

I didn't know that EC++ was created without C++ comittee consensus, but 
I think achieving a well-defined subset of C++ is good for C++. This 
involves analizing performance aspects of C++ and can push C++ forward.
This happens in C and other languages. Obviously you can argue that this 
is only to sell libraries, but as a embedded developer I don't see any 
problem in defining a subset for embedded systems because C++ is very 
extense. Obviously, it would be better to count with C++ comittee.

I didn't want to start a war regarding EC++, so I maybe I should start 
talking about "embedded" instead.

Regards,

Ion