News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on JavaScript right on the hardware. Parent comment

Re:JavaScript right on the hardware by jkscm on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @07:10PM (#6215053)
I don't think the language has been the problem. Just look at the Arduino.

For me, the main challenges always were getting the program onto a chip and wiring everthing so that is does not break or shortcut.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:JavaScript right on the hardware by zhemao on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @07:26PM (#6215142)
Errrrm, if you ever look at the AVR C library that Arduino was based off of, you would probably not be so quick to say that it isn't a language issue. Not having to know the weird unpronounceable mnemonic for a certain register as well as the specific bit in that register that you set in order to trigger the ADC is a huge plus. Greater abstraction is always welcome if the hardware can handle it.

Although I agree with you that Arduino C is simple enough for most microcontroller programs and Javascript is a bit overkill.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:JavaScript right on the hardware by WalterSear on Thursday August 15, 2013 @12:29AM (#6216165)
For now...
[ Parent | on HN ]