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List:       openmoko-community
Subject:    Re: Qtopia coming for Neo1973
From:       Jano <alejandro () mosteo ! com>
Date:       2007-09-25 20:58:31
Message-ID: fdbspo$s2s$1 () sea ! gmane ! org
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AVee wrote:

> On Tuesday 25 September 2007 10:32, Dani Anon wrote:
>> On 9/25/07, Lorn Potter <lpotter@trolltech.com>
>> wrote:

>> I thing gp is right, c might be better than c++ for small devices and
>> certainly you need to code in c++ to take advantage of qtopia
>> components.
> 
> Why whould plain C be better, what matters in the and is the binary that
> is spit out by the compiler. I don't see why a C++ compiler should produce
> a binary that is somehow less suitable for small devices.
> Theoretically two programs written it two totally different languages
> could still compile to identical binaries providing identical
> functionality. If your C program is indeed more suitable for small devices
> it just means your C++ compiler needs to be improved. You do realize that
> C++ was explicitly designed with embedded software in mind?

What I find surprising is that nobody has mentioned yet symbian s60. Its API
is C++, and loads of phones use it.



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