Metrowerks CodeWarrior to Support Embedded C++
(Canadian Corporate; 10/09/98)
AUSTIN, TEXAS--(Canadian Corp News, OCTOBER 9, 1998)--Metrowerks, Inc., today
announced all CodeWarrior development tools now support the Embedded C++ (EC++)
draft specifications. EC++ is a subset of C++ defined by the Embedded C++
Technical Committee to make C++ more accessible and usable for embedded systems
programming.
EC++ gives developers the ability to create object-oriented programs which can
enhance code reusability and portability without exposing them to those
features of C++ that can lead to undue code complexity and excessive memory
consumption, factors which must be carefully managed in the design of most
embedded systems.
Metrowerks' EC++ Library is a fully compliant, highly optimized implementation
of the EC++ Draft Standard. Special attention has been afforded "string" and
"complex", to ensure that this library is extremely efficient, and has a very
small footprint, making it ideal for today's embedded system requirements. It
is distributed in source code form to further enhance the developer's debugging
needs.
"Metrowerks' support for EC++ strengthens our efforts to provide developers
with a well-defined, easy-to-use subset of C++ for embedded programming by
offering developers a greater selection of tools in which to create those
applications," said Hiroshi Monden, general manager of NEC's Software
Development Environment and Engineering Labs, and chairman of the Embedded C++
Technical Committee. "Our intention was to make C++ more accessible to
embedded developers who wanted to create portable reusable code and at the
same time define a subset that worked within the natural limitation of code
size for embedded systems. By supporting EC++ in CodeWarrior, Metrowerks
offers embedded developers a powerful and popular development environment for
creating EC++ applications and helps ensure that embedded programmers have
greater access to a new and equally powerful variation of the C++ language."
"The new and emerging standard for embedded C++ is an important initiative in
the embedded systems market," said Greg Galanos, president and chief technology
officer, Metrowerks. "We fully support the efforts of the Embedded C++
Committee and are proud to provide developers with support for EC++. Our
mandate is to provide developers with the best development tools in the
market. Adding support for EC++ to our CodeWarrior development tools eases
some of the difficulty encountered in programming C++ applications for embedded
systems and extends our commitment to the embedded development community."
Pricing and Availability
CodeWarrior embedded solutions start at $2,500 for a single seat, and are
available from Metrowerks and Metrowerks authorized resellers. All purchases
include one free product update and free technical support for the CodeWarrior
IDE for one year. Site license and academic pricing are available. For more
information on pricing and availability, contact Metrowerks at 512-873-4700 or
"[email protected]".
About Metrowerks Embedded System Products
The CodeWarrior Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is the most powerful
multi-host, multi-target, multi-language software development solution
available in the market. CodeWarrior's state- of-the-art design gives embedded
software developers a flexible, high-performance toolset to help them clear
many of the productivity and time-to-market hurdles they face today.
CodeWarrior accelerates the development process by combining advanced
compilers with an editor, debugger, linker and code browser, all controlled by
a single, intuitive graphical user interface (GUI).
CodeWarrior provides engineers with the ability to pick the host platform,
programming language, and target processor that best suits the needs of the
project, without having to learn a whole new set of development tools.
CodeWarrior is hosted on Windows 95/98, Windows NT and Solaris, and offers a
choice of several high-level programming languages (C, C++, EC++, Pascal, and
Java), as well as full support for in-line assembly. CodeWarrior compilers are
available to target PowerPC, MIPS, 68K, x86, and other families of
microprocessors.
Metrowerks, the Metrowerks logo and CodeWarrior are registered trademarks of
Metrowerks Inc. All other company and product names may be registered
trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies/holders, and are hereby
recognized.
Statements in this press release are forward looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties, including successful and timely development of the
product and customer acceptance of the product.
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