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Re:Librem 5 Docs by craftyguy on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @06:52PM (#16816495)
> Python might not be the right choice for an embedded platform.

I use micropython in several of my projects for CPUs that are waaaay less powered than the thing they're putting in the Librem5 and, despite not being a 100% feature full implementation of python, it's still a very capable platform. Granted, I don't drive any UIs (yet), but those components would be handled by some native libraries anyways on the Librem5, and the choice of python vs C would not matter from that respect.

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Re:Librem 5 Docs by solarkraft on Thursday April 12, 2018 @06:34AM (#16819473)
But it's not micropyhon, you have many apps running on a phone and want them to be as efficient as possible.

From my experience with Vala (compiles to C) it would have been a much better choice.

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