[luau] linux porting question

Jimen Ching jching at flex.com
Tue Apr 8 09:25:00 PDT 2003


On Mon, 7 Apr 2003, Virgil wrote:
>All I can say is that embedded systems to me would be easier to write to
>compared to a desktop OS since you won't have to worry about the overhead
>that comes with a desktop OS.

I think you meant the reverse.  Having to worry about overhead is usually
harder.

>However, because size of the OS plays a big part in embedded systems you
>are limited on what you can and cannot do.

Usually, RTOS' are very small.  Or they can be configured to be very
small.  Even Linux can be small, if you removed all unnecessary features.

--jc
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