As I started working in an embedded environment, I was astonished that there was so much prejudice against the usage of C++ in embedded programming. Most of them are based on the wrong understanding of the C++ programming language.

Some Common Myths

• Templates cause code bloat
• Objects have to be created on the heap
• Exceptions are expensive
• C++ is slow and needs too much memory
• C++ is too dangerous in safety-critical systems
• You must write object-oriented code in C++
• C++ can only be used for