[Oberon] Train VS all terrain truck

[Jörg]

Walter

I like the train/truck analogon :-)

Coming to your niche question: In my point of view, let Oberon run on RISC5,
ARM or Intel. Whatever might fit your taste.
The benefit of Oberon (not only the language but also the whole Oberon
system) is that it is so small. So, programming an embedded device (=small
memory space and very low power, not too fast CPU) in Oberon could be
beneficial. You don't have to develop in assembly language but can use a
rather high level, strictly typed OOP-ready language. The embedded device
runs your application and ships directly with its very compact Oberon
runtime system running natively on the embedded device without a stripped
down Linux or so.

have fun
Jörg

-----Original Message-----
From: Oberon [mailto:oberon-bounces at lists.inf.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Walter
Gallegos
Sent: Dienstag, 9. Februar 2016 15:51
To: oberon at lists.inf.ethz.ch
Subject: [Oberon] Train VS all terrain truck

I have the feeling that some in this list are comparing a train with an 
all terrain truck. You can cross a country by train but you can go to 
more with an all terrain truck. Of course, not the same effort and cost.

Never a FPGA microcontroller could be cheaper as an ASIC microcontroller 
or SOC. So, if you find a microcontroller or SOC that fulfil your 
specifications use it. Comparing with FPGA option, components are 
cheaper, professional tools are cheaper, good software engineers are 
more easy to find and cheaper also. Sorry, it's a reality, basic volume 
economy.

On the other side, if a project specify some features not available on 
hard-wired microcontroller, very high speed DSP for example, use a FPGA 
could be an option, but to use the FPGA you must know about FPGAs. 
Formal hardware description is not software.

Then, we arrive, again, to the question: what do you think is the 
Project Oberon niche in the actual state of technology ?

Regards,

-- 

Walter Daniel Gallegos
Programmable Logic & Software
Consultoría, Diseño, Entrenamiento.
Montevideo, Uruguay
EMAIL walter at waltergallegos.com
Tel +598 26 23 44 60 | Cel +598 99 18 58 88


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