Re: [avr-gcc-list] using exceptions

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 10:18 AM, David Brown <address@hidden> wrote:

> I agree with what you are saying.  I'm just trying to suggest that getting
> Haskell to work on the AVR is more akin to getting Linux to work on the AVR
> - while perhaps Lua, OCAML, more C++, or other options might be a better
> balance.

the C++ part is what falls squarely on my shoulders -- for various reasons.

> I also think they might be more likely to work - it would be a
> shame for the students to spend ages getting all the bits in place for
> Haskell on the AVR, only to find out that their quicksort example program
> runs out of memory with more than 4 elements.

Don't worry too much about that.

[...]

> I don't disagree with you on any of your points - I just want to be sure
> that Gaby knows what he is getting into here,

yes, don't worry about that :-)

>  and that his time and effort is well spent.

Various people (including my family) have dramatically different
ideas about how my limited time should be spent :)

-- Gaby