Actually, I think this is the end of hardware prototyping as we know it. And I feel fine about that. This seems like an excellent way to prototype wireless devi

Actually, I think this is the end of hardware prototyping as we know it. And I feel fine about that. This seems like an excellent way to prototype wireless devices before creating a more optimized design. That said, I don't think it's going to replace said optimized design. There's a big difference between using high level languages on general purpose computers, and using it on embedded devices, and that difference is marginal cost. The marginal cost of distributing a program for a general purpose computer is independent of the performance of the program. The marginal cost of distributing a program that runs on a device you are selling is strongly dependent on the performance of the program. The slower your program, the more expensive the hardware you have to put it on.