Re: Precompiled multiplatform code (ARMxPC)

[KHMan <keinhong@...>]

Rob Kendrick wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:39:00 +0800
> KHMan <keinhong@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Rob Kendrick wrote:
> > > On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:29:18 -0300
> > > "Saulo Tauil" <saulot@muitofaciltec.com.br> wrote:
> > >
> > > > The terminals have little memory, low cpu clock and lack of
> > > > space.  
> > > Given that compiled Lua is often /larger/ than the source, you may
> > > find that leaving the compiler in and gzipping and/or using
> > > something like LuaSrcDiet saves more space, depending on your exact
> > > circumstances.
> > I think he means one of those lower-end 32-bit ARMs. They probably 
> > have about 8-32KB internal SRAM. Everything runs on-chip, and the 
> > program memory can probably be protected. You can upload your 
> > programs as firmware, with a bootstrapper that can probably 
> > include some sort of security encryption. Can't really do the 
> > compilation or interpretation front-end on-chip.
> >
> > There are at least two broad kinds of ARM MCUs, and I don't 
> > believe Saulo is talking about the kind that can run Linux.
>
> We're in broadly the same situation.  Although I'd never actually
> consider Lua for anything with as little as 32kB of RAM.  Of course,
> compiled code would come out of your Flash budget, anyway.

Yeah, I agree, I wouldn't do it myself either, I would also want 
memory usage to be very strictly determined. I guess Bogdan 
Marinescu's eLua, if it has not been mentioned already, is 
something the OP can scope out.

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Kein-Hong Man (esq.)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia