Hi everyone

I waved PICs goodbye a long time ago, and switched mainly to ARM/Cortex=20
and C++ for micro-controller programming. A side-effects of this is that=20
I'll be doing the closing keynote on the Meeting C++ conference in=20
Berlin, november this year, on the subject of (C++ and) embedded. My=20
picture is up on the website, so I can't deny it any more..

Which leads me to my problem: the term "embedded" is often used for the=20
time/space/energy/cost/xxx-sensitive work done on micro-controllers.=20
(Roughly what was thye focus of this group in its big days.) But this=20
"embbeed" term was a problem from the beginning (embedded systems can=20
and do contain large computer systems, with a very different way of=20
programming), and is getting even more so these days (ESP8266 are=20
programmed in Lua and Python, and how long will it be before a=20
single-chip system will run a common Linux distro?).

Hence the term "embedded" is no longer sufficient to describe a=20
programming (and system design) style that is (very) sensitive to (code=20
and data) space and timing. So do you have a better (preferrably=20
one-word) term to describe this domain? The best I have so far is=20
probably "severly resource constrained", but that is not 100% accurate=20
and too long by two words . "small micro-controller" is another=20
candidate, but it is still one word too long, and feels negative.

A better term, anyone?

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Wouter "Objects? No Thanks!" van Ooijen

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