Which is entirely consistent with the fact that embedded systems,
especially in domestic appliances, are becoming less reliable

So in my view I would consider that programming an embedded computer is
> moving away from true embedded programming towards application
> programming. Perhaps the term being sought is "embedded application
> programming" - I know this isn't one word but these are the lemons I
> have :-)
>
> Regards
> Sergio Masci
>
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 3:30 AM, Wouter van Ooijen <wouter@voti.nl>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi everyone
> >>
> >> I waved PICs goodbye a long time ago, and switched mainly to ARM/Corte=
x
> >> and C++ for micro-controller programming. A side-effects of this is th=
at
> >> I'll be doing the closing keynote on the Meeting C++ conference in
> >> Berlin, november this year, on the subject of (C++ and) embedded. My
> >> 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 th=
e
> >> time/space/energy/cost/xxx-sensitive work done on micro-controllers.
> >> (Roughly what was thye focus of this group in its big days.) But this
> >> "embbeed" term was a problem from the beginning (embedded systems can
> >> and do contain large computer systems, with a very different way of
> >> programming), and is getting even more so these days (ESP8266 are
> >> programmed in Lua and Python, and how long will it be before a
> >> single-chip system will run a common Linux distro?).
> >>
> >> Hence the term "embedded" is no longer sufficient to describe a
> >> programming (and system design) style that is (very) sensitive to (cod=
e
> >> and data) space and timing. So do you have a better (preferrably
> >> one-word) term to describe this domain? The best I have so far is
> >> probably "severly resource constrained", but that is not 100% accurate
> >> and too long by two words . "small micro-controller" is another
> >> candidate, but it is still one word too long, and feels negative.
> >>
> >> A better term, anyone?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Wouter "Objects? No Thanks!" van Ooijen
> >>
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