Is there any reason to use C instead of C++ for embedded development?

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I have two compilers on my hardware C++ and C89

I\'m thinking about using C++ with classes but without polymorphism (to avoid vtables). The main r

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Personally with 4kb of memory I'd say you are not getting that much more mileage out of C++, so just pick the one that seems the best compiler/runtime combination for the job, since language is probably not going to matter much.

Note that it is also not all about language anyway, since also the library matters. Often C libs have a slightly smaller minimum size, but I could imagine that a C++ lib targeted at embedded development is cut down, so be sure to test.