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"Bare metal" meaning that instructions run "natively" on a simulated Cortex-M3 microprocessor via an emscripten-compiled stripped-down version of QEMU. It's a
by andrewstuart2 9y ago
"Bare metal" meaning that instructions run "natively" on a simulated Cortex-M3 microprocessor via an emscripten-compiled stripped-down version of QEMU.
It's a cool way to quickly test out performance and iterate on micropython scripts built for microcontrollers; not a python engine in the browser, sandboxed and running instructions directly.
- moolcool 9y agoI swear half of hackernews posts are just new ways to nest some combination of interpreters, emulators and runtimes within javascript.
- andrewstuart2 9y agoI'll bet a significant fraction of the uses of Emscripten are due to its effectiveness as a "yo dawg" or "*ception" meme generator.
- preordained 9y ago"New". Haha. That's generous.
- AceJohnny2 9y agoWhat's the german word for the mixed feeling of incredulity, disgust, awe and respect that I'm getting right now?
- DigitalJack 9y agoSchädengurken
- nom 9y agoWe don't have one, but you can make your own, e.g. Ungläubigkeitsekelehrfurchtsrespekt.