Re:Behaviour Driven Development with 6502 code
by kevin_thibedeau on Thursday June 15, 2023 @10:03AM
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Write in C/C++. They target older hardware well and you can still use modern tooling. The key is to not introduce multiple layers of bloat that makes our multi-core pocket supercomputers slower than an 80s PC.
Re:Behaviour Driven Development with 6502 code
by djmips on Thursday June 15, 2023 @03:05PM
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<record scratch> RPI Pico is like a supercomputer on a continuum with 6502 and 386.
Re:Behaviour Driven Development with 6502 code
by wellytopness on Thursday June 15, 2023 @08:43PM
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If someone sold RPI Pico back in 1980s when we were using 8-bit CPUs like 6502 then that would have been like supplying alien magic technology.
But it's a tug of war between desire to have the option to run my programs on such ancient hardware (which will be blazing fast on modern hardware! I say to myself) and my desire to use familiar toolkits and try for cross-platform gains where I can get them (build the codebase once and just throw it and a crappy front end on my phones and my windows PCs and my linux PCs too and my .... etc.)
so something that bridges the modern workflows I admire like BDD comprehensive test suites but targets old school hardware like the 6502 is catnip for me.