The comparison wasn't to #embed[1], but to an 8MB static array. You're winning an argument against a strawman, not me. For the record, I think #embed (given t

The comparison wasn't to #embed[1], but to an 8MB static array. You're winning an argument against a strawman, not me. For the record, I think #embed (given tooling that supports it) would be an excellent choice! That's not a defense of the technique under discussion though. [1] Which FWIW is much less portable as an issue of practical engineering than assembler or binutils tooling!