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Running python VM on these platforms is certainly better than running there VM for some flavor of BASIC as is often done. Primary motivation for both is probabl
by dfox 16y ago
Running python VM on these platforms is certainly better than running there VM for some flavor of BASIC as is often done. Primary motivation for both is probably same as for dynamic languages on normal computers: easier programming.
- kwantam 16y agoI'm not trying to pick a fight here, nor am I claiming you're wrong as such, but I think you have to actually justify the claim that programming a microcontroller in Python is "certainly better" than doing so in BASIC. An overwhelming number of microcontroller applications are extremely simple bits of control code; there's certainly an argument to be made that _not_ carrying around the trappings of a high-level language like Python is better. "Better for x," it would seem, is the only type of argument that will be tenable. So, what's an application for a microcontroller that will actually make use of Python's various advantages over BASIC?