From: David Crocker (dcrocker(at)eschertech.com)
Date: Tue 29 Oct 2002 - 00:31:20 GMT
Brian Wichmann wrote on 28 October 2002 22:15: >> Support of fixed point is poor in most languages except COBOL and Ada - >> I suspect Ada is the only viable option for microprocessors. Any object-oriented language makes it straightforward to add fixed-point types, which is why modern OOPLs define only a small number of types in the language and leave the rest to the library. But until fairly recently there has been a lack of OO languages that are safe enough to write in for developing SC systems. David Crocker Escher Technologies Ltd. www.eschertech.com