The book is well written, and it introduces embedded systems programming at a novice level. I learned a great deal from the book and the example
code. Here are the negative comments, but good things can result from bad so please read the entire review. He states in the book that he has done
most of his programming in C. This fact can be seen in the architecture of his C++. For instance, he uses globally constructed classes in different
compilation units. This is a no-no according to the author of the language. In addition, the example code was not tested on new versions of the
Borland compiler, although he eludes that latter versions should work. They do not. For the good however, in pouring through the code and the book,
with different compilers, etc., I learned a great deal about the inner workings of a small RTOS and various related issues. I do recommend this book,
but allow yourself plenty of time with the source code.
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