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Re:Toit – A Language Designed for Microcontrollers by floitsch on Thursday June 09, 2022 @03:31AM (#31678506)
We rely heavily on the ESP32 peripherals for strict timings.

For example the 1-wire protocol is implemented using the RMT (remote control) peripheral. The pixel strips driver uses the UART or i2s.

If really necessary, we could drop down to C, but the hardware is usually better (more precise and leaves us to do other things in the meantime).

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Re:Toit – A Language Designed for Microcontrollers by scoutt on Thursday June 09, 2022 @04:30AM (#31678867)
Exactly, that's why "it's probably a good fit only if it just runs on a known controlled development board/architecture/platform".

Maybe the title should be "Toit is a modern high-level language designed specifically for ESP32".

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