Re: [DIYbio] Arduino vs raw chips

On 03/25/2015 01:00 AM, Cathal Garvey wrote:
> I wasn't even aware you *could* code Python without the GC. :)
>
> I also wasn't aware that Arduino was C++, I thought it was just C with
> some fluffy framework stuff added, that's an interesting tidbit.
>
> Pity there aren't any chips running Lua out there; nice middle-ground
> between slower/bigger Python (as much as I love it, it's a Big Hammer)
> and C, and you could actually imagine Lua on a sub-32-bit chip. Still
> garbage-collected of course..

You just put a Lua interpreter on any chip you like ;-) The
microcontroller found in Tiva C Launchpad could handle it, for example.

msgctl

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