poking around for opportunities

[Derek Atkins]

David Rysdam <david at rysdam.org> writes:

> Tyson Sawyer <tyson at j3.org> writes:
>> I've seen a good number of systems with plenty of memory and CPU.
>> However, they don't have a keyboard/monitor and updates or normally a
>> significant PITA and crashes/visible bugs are unacceptable.  ...so
>> don't write crummy code. ;-)
>
> I've written plenty of needs-to-run-for-weeks-by-itself software running
> in a headless environment. And all my code is always reasonably
> efficient, then evaluated, and then parts that aren't efficient enough
> are rewritten. (Premature optimization is the root of all evil.)
>
> I guess I can put "embedded" on my resume now...

Different people have different views of "embedded".  Some people might
just think Intel x86_64 without a keyboard/monitor.  Others might think
of an ARM board with 2-4GB of RAM and an SD card.  Yet others might
think of a chip with 32KB of flash.  YMMV.

-derek

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