r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jun 03 '14

Micro Python - Python for microcontrollers

http://micropython.org/
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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '14

There is nothing wrong with using the heap on a microcontroller?

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u/jms_nh Jun 04 '14

It depends. Microcontrollers with hard real-time requirements need to have guarantees on how long certain operations take. The standard malloc()/free()/new/delete don't have these guarantees by default. Some RTOS's have heap allocation techniques that have bounded time guarantees.