mar feo wrote:
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It's just a matter of time that object speak becomes mainstream in embedded design so long as useful software tools become affordable.


All sorts of languages make a huge impact in the academic world - BASIC was invented there, so was Pascal.
The languages of choice are now C (AT+T) and C++ (C with OOPL if-you-want-it. Java is itself a rather academic language. It has certainly not been the run-away success that Sun expected, since its take up has been limited to client side applets so far, with very little deeper penetration.

The smallest Java I have seen for embedded use so far used "only" 1 Meg of RoM and 256K of RAM. Things may have changed.

No, in embedded systems resources are always limited, it is the nature of the job. A system that requires huge amounts of memory and processing power for the convenience of programmers who cannot think outside the box of their university training, is not going to be cost effective or as efficient as one developed by a proper consideration of the design. You should never force your favourite solution on a problem, unless it solves it !

Steve