Performance and power evaluation of C++ object-oriented programming in embedded processors

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 195-201

  Chatzigeorgiou, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Embedded systems; Low power design; Object oriented programming

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EMBEDDED PROCESSORS;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0037445378     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-5849(02)00205-7     Document Type: Article

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