I was interested in your article comparing families of embedded microprocessors (``Processors Proliferate,'' September). Despite the vast differences in internal architecture between each family, the required external functionality of ports, timers, RAM, and program memory area are similar. The introduction of high-level language tools for these embedded microprocessors has let designers develop products that can use any one of the three families. This technology has reduced the concerns of availability and second source for silicon. Byte Craft has been developing software tools for these processor families for several years.
Walter Banks,
President, Byte Craft, Ltd.
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Flexible C++
Matthew Wilson
My approach to software engineering is far more pragmatic than it
is
theoretical--and no language better exemplifies this than C++.
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