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A good interpreted language for a small embedded project
I have an mbed which has a small ARM Cortex M3 on it. Basically, my effective resources for the project are ~25Kb of RAM and ~400Kb of Flash. For I/O I'll have a PS/2 keyboard, a VGA framebuffer(with ...
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Are there any languages that have both high- and low-level facilities?
Are there any? If not, is it feasible to create one? Why or why not?
In theory it would be very helpful to have a programming language that has both shell and regular programming language ...
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Best general computer science memory data structures book?
What are the best books for understanding how languages work 'under the hood'? If there is anon-language-specific book that discusses more of the general principles, that is preferable. If it is ...
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What do you consider to be a high-level language and for what reason?
Traditionally, C was called a high-level language, but these days it is often referred to as a low-level language (it is high-level compared to Assembly, but it is very low-level compared to, for ...
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Which languages are used today for low-level programming?
When I hear low-level programming, such as for drivers, embedded systems, operating systems, etc., I immediately think about C and perhaps C++. But mainly C.
But what other languages are also used ...
