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"Sheker" <sheker@vsnl.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Borlands Kylix 3 has choice of C/C++ language in addition to Object
> pascal. Does this make Kylix 3 a good candidate as development tool
> for Embedded Linux.
>

I don't quite see what difference the language makes to the suitability for
using Kylix for embedded Linux, except perhaps that Object Pascal often
compiles to smaller and faster executables than C/C++ (and the compilation
runs orders of magnitude faster).

> Whats the experience of people using Kylix for Embedded Linux
> development. Though the footprint will depend upon the type of
> application what is the general range of size.
>

Kylix is mainly suitable for desktop applications, and to some extent for
server and middleware.  The key advantages of Kylix over other development
tools are the nice RAD interface (good for gui applicaitons and database
stuff), the compatibility with its Windows tools, and the extensive run-time
library and components.  None of these are things that are commonly of
benifit on an embedded linux system.  However, there is nothing to stop you
using it as an IDE for developing other applications - it has a solid editor
and debugger.  On Windows I have used it (C++ Builder and Delphi) to write
small command-line programs that don't use the Delphi libraries at all.  But
if I didn't have it already (bought for the gui stuff), I'd stick to another
editor and gcc.  In short, it's a perfectly good IDE (and the object Pascal
compiler is very good), but don't think that just because it makes C++ gui
programming easier that it will somehow make embedded programming easier.

> Thanks
>
> Sheker