Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:37:13 -0500
To: Ben Crowhurst <Ben.Crowhurst@stellatravel.co.uk>
Cc: loic.grenie@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel Development & Objective-C
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On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 11:16:14AM +0000, Ben Crowhurst wrote:
> But are embedded systems not rapidly moving on. Turning to stare at the 
> ADSL X6 modem with MB's of ram.

Some embedded systems run on batteries, so the less ram they have to
power the better, and the less cpu cycles that have to spend executing
code the less power they consume.  An ADSL modem on your desk doesn't
have any of those worries, it just has to work and if doubling the ram
cuts the development problems by a lot, then that might have been a
worthwhile trade off.

--
Len Sorensen
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