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Hardware hackers get second Bugs bite

Anonymous Coward

Waiting for the black model 

Posted Wednesday 27th August 2008 00:54 GMT

it looks interesting - quite good fun, but come on, people who want to buy these want the black model don't they.

No doubt Java could be replaced as well, I don't see the fascination really, why not just code up the drivers in C and supply the C libraries, we are just a swig away then from Perl, Python, TCL, Java, and Ruby. Hello, Java is not the most beloved of languages :)

Anonymous Coward

kwel new toy 

Posted Wednesday 27th August 2008 10:16 GMT

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That does look sweet indeed. :)

Kevin McMurtrie

Java 

Posted Wednesday 27th August 2008 23:44 GMT

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It looks like Java is being used as hardware middleware. Native code runs the devices while Java code tells them what to do. It's not a bad idea, actually. It lets developers build prototypes in an an unfamiliar environment using a language that's hard to beat when it comes to debugging and API exploration. It's Linux so you can always move to another language when you're an expert.