[comp.lang.eiffel] Using Eiffel in Embedded Systems

simpson@saturn.ind.trw.com (Scott Simpson) (12/22/89)

Has anybody had any experience putting Eiffel in an embedded system such
as a PC card with memory?  Is this a reasonable thing to do?  Would garbage
collection work OK in one of these types of systems?
	On another front, how about mapping Eiffel types to some specific
representation.  If I have a packet coming in a network link for example,
I could have a C structure with something like

struct packet {
	short	type;
	short	sequence;
	char	data[50];
}

and I know that the representation directly maps into the C structure.
Is there an equivalent way to do this in Eiffel or is this a reasonable 
thing to do?
Scott Simpson    TRW Information Networks Division    simpson@trwind.trw.com