<div dir="ltr"><div>Wait, they're arguing FOR including full python environments on the embedded device itself? I thought this was going to be about using Python to communicate with embedded devices. That... isn't sane. <br>
<br></div>C type languages aren't so bad, geez.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Matt Joyce <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matt@nycresistor.com" target="_blank">matt@nycresistor.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">yes, but python itself is several megabytes in size. and on a machine that doesn't have more than say 8 megabytes of usable space... that's an unmitigated waste.<br>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Michel Gallant <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sfxman@gmail.com" target="_blank">sfxman@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<p dir="ltr">Python runs great on lots of embedded machines. Any ARM or MIPS of 200 MHz or higher should do. Source: I've done this on an NSLU2 and a BeagleBone.</p><div><div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 25, 2013 12:25 PM, "Matt Joyce" <<a href="mailto:matt@nycresistor.com" target="_blank">matt@nycresistor.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">you should find me on the freedom box list trying to explain that writing solutions in python for embedded devices isn't exactly sane.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 10:08 AM, James Arlen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:myrcurial@thinkhaus.org" target="_blank">myrcurial@thinkhaus.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Or just go with something that already exists…<br>
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<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox" target="_blank">http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox</a><br>
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Also, top quoting for the win! Who wants to place bets on "tabs v. spaces" and "vi v. emacs"? I think I'm channeling openfly...<br>
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On 2013-07-25, at 12:54 PM, Digimer <<a href="mailto:lists@alteeve.ca" target="_blank">lists@alteeve.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> <a href="https://github.com/nylira/prism-break/issues/158" target="_blank">https://github.com/nylira/prism-break/issues/158</a><br>
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>> proprietary solutions to free software solutions.<br>
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