in reply to Perl Vs C,C++

Not just on what you're trying to do, but on what your requirements are. If you're writing code for a pacemaker, even C might not be good enough. If you're writing a doo-dad to index your MP3's, you're not going to write it in machine code. :-)

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Re: Re: Perl Vs C,C++
by mowgli (Friar) on Mar 11, 2003 at 09:50 UTC

    So, what language *would* you use to program a pacemaker? I'm not sure myself really, but I think I'd much rather go with a high-level language; C (and, even more, assembly) would be too prone to hard-to-catch errors for my taste for something like that. Perl may not be the worst solution after all. :)

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      Most embedded development is done in C variants with a ton of ASM optimizations. A lot is done in ASM, too.

      The problem with high-level languages is that the first assumption is that resources are plentiful. Embedded devices do not have plentiful resources. In fact, they are the last bastion of the C-64 type of development, where your "data" might also have "instructions", just to squeeze a few more bytes or milliseconds.

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      So, what language *would* you use to program a pacemaker?

      When you start talking about embedded devices, your choices are very limited. I suspect a lot of embedded device development is done in C/C++ or assembly.

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Re: Re: Perl Vs C,C++
by Nkuvu (Priest) on Mar 10, 2003 at 23:02 UTC

    I'm sure there are plenty of people who are masochistic enough to want to write something like an MP3 indexer in machine code. OK, maybe not plenty of people. But a few. One? Maybe?

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      I'm sure there are plenty of people who are masochistic enough to want to write something like an MP3 indexer in machine code. OK, maybe not plenty of people. But a few. One?

      I bet if there is anyone who woul do this then they are really masochistic and did it in straight hex.

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