Comment by 1vuio0pswjnm7

3 years ago

Running the software on an underpowered computer as a test is admirable. I go further. Where possible, I actually write the software on an underpowered computer, preferably the one it wil run on. Because in addition to wanting the software to run quickly, I also want to be able to edit the software and re-compile quickly.

Sometimes it is not possible to compile the software on the target computer, e.g., an MCU, but we should still be able to compile and flash the MCU software using underpowered computers. We should not need a large, graphical operating system and graphical software to create software for tiny computers that do not support graphics. I continue to be baffled by the large, graphical Windows software people use to program MCUs. There are exceptions,1 but they seem rare.