There's good stuff there anyway. I need to continue with micro's, and while I like assembler, (really efficient code.) and I can think in terms of registers. :-) the drive in the industry is have a C front end for the Micro-controller software. So I need to learn C. but that said, yes. I need to write the PC stuff now-days. as everyone wants to control the units we make from a PC, or manipulate the data they have collected. SO its looking like C++ for now, I'll phone around, someone must be teaching this, and Maybe I can squeeze a seat from a provider where this is just part of a larger course or something Unless someone has free time and wants to do some tutoring. I tend to try to put in linux solutions, unless I have to put it into windows. On Wednesday, April 28, 2004, at 05:22 PM, Michael Cree wrote:
I happen to disagree with that, for two reasons:
1) Object oriented programming is hugely overrated. 2) What C++/Java/C# etc compilers are there for microcontrollers?
Having said that, I have to admit C is not a good teaching language as it allows the programmer to program very badly. Other languages impose constraints which force good programming practices, and for learning to program, they are to be preferred.
But, as you say, you aim is to program microcontrollers effectively and efficiently. There is only one language (other than various assembly languages) you need to learn, and that is C. So ignore the computer scientists, who do not know what they are talking about - they have never programmed microcontrollers - and learn C.
I think the best book is Kernighan and Ritchie. They wrote C and in their book they explain the justifications for why C is the way it is. Furthermore they write good C. The main problem is, the book is too expensive and I understand that they are not updating it for C99 (mind you, the second criticism may not be an issue for microcontroller compilers, since due to low sales, are not going to be in a hurry to update their compilers to the new standard).
Having written the above I now see that your history was writing for microcontrollers and now you want to program PCs. Doh. Can't be stuffed rewriting this now....
Michael.
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