Dan Saks answers many questions about C++ in embedded systems: where it works, where it doesn't, and a path to getting started.

Dan Saks is the founder and president of Saks & Associates. He was a columnist for The C/C++ Users Journal, Embedded Systems Design and several other publications. He also served as secretary of the ANSI and ISO C++ standards committee in its early years.

We touched on some of his articles:

• Poor reasons for rejecting C++
• Preventing dynamic allocation
• Calling constructors with placement new

Andrei suggested Sams Teach Yourself C++ in One Hour a Day, Seventh Edition by Siddhartha Rao as a good primer for experienced C programmers reluctantly learning C++.

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