Re:MicroPython
by IgorPartola on Sunday August 16, 2020 @08:06PM
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I haven’t looked at the latest advancements with MicroPython, but last I checked it was both slow and unsafe in ways I wasn’t used to, such as certain language features not being allowed in interrupt handlers, certain operations being interruptible, etc. I totally hear what you are saying about building stuff for less technical people to hack on, but as someone comfortable with C (gasp! shock!), I prefer the predictability I know. And I normally write Python code for nearly everything.
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Not really following the logic wrt predictability. I mean, you run it on a microcontroller so yes things can be interrupted. Just like in C. And while allocation not being allowed in an interrupt handler can be annoying, it's also predictable once you know it. And no matter what language you use, you don't go wild in an interrupt handler on a microcontroller anyway.
Re:MicroPython
by IgorPartola on Monday August 17, 2020 @08:48AM
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IIRC things like accessing or assigning dict values were not atomic and could be interrupted. Sure you could code up the same kind of pattern in C but you could also code up a lot of patterns that don’t have this problem.