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08/06/07 15:17
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 		 #142816 - Application vs. Hardware Platform
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Jan said:
In PC, many times it does not matter whether the operation takes 1us or 1ms or 1s.

... and many times it does matter.

But, the prudent embedded programmer should make the mcu's life as easy as possible.

This should not be taken as an absolute rule.

Just as there are PC applications where performance does matter, there are also embedded controller applications where performance does not matter. The prudent programmer, regardless of the hardware platform, recognizes the requirements of his application and behaves accordingly.

The first two or three paragraphs of this post contain an earlier rant of mine on nearly the same subject. (c:

-- Russ


List of 31 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
Problem with using Timer 1 of AT89S52 in C            01/01/70 00:00      
   methodology and the raw reason            01/01/70 00:00      
      Range of Variables            01/01/70 00:00      
         What type is AxisAngle?            01/01/70 00:00      
            AxisAngle is char            01/01/70 00:00      
            Integer < 65536?            01/01/70 00:00      
               Working within the range of long integers            01/01/70 00:00      
                  so I should....?            01/01/70 00:00      
                     A float constant            01/01/70 00:00      
                        what's the different            01/01/70 00:00      
                           const float...            01/01/70 00:00      
                              which means the compiler            01/01/70 00:00      
                     floats            01/01/70 00:00      
         drop float            01/01/70 00:00      
            Since I have just started to learn C...            01/01/70 00:00      
               A real programming language            01/01/70 00:00      
            Fractional Equivalence            01/01/70 00:00      
         Why?            01/01/70 00:00      
            there is a reason for this...            01/01/70 00:00      
               don't think as a PC programmer....            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Application vs. Hardware Platform            01/01/70 00:00      
                     the prudent programmer...            01/01/70 00:00      
                  PDP?            01/01/70 00:00      
                     it's not similar to the REAL assembly, of course,            01/01/70 00:00      
            Division is not always first            01/01/70 00:00      
               You are right.            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Explicitness            01/01/70 00:00      
                     is this when the C-code...            01/01/70 00:00      
                     agree with the agreement            01/01/70 00:00      
   Try this, can be better            01/01/70 00:00      
      Superfluous casts            01/01/70 00:00      

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