[REBOL] Re: Microcontrollers and Rebol
From: tim-johnsons::web::com at: 12-Jan-2007 11:57
* Tim Johnson <tim-johnsons-web.com> [070112 10:43]:
> * Ed O'Connor <edoconnor-gmail.com> [070112 07:44]:
> > Sounds cool. Let us all know how it goes -- maybe REBOL "Wildman" will
> > provide a boost to these types of projects. I'd get a kick out of seeing a
> > REBOL-powered Roomba vacuum cleaner.
>
> My Roomba is presently cleaning my bedroom and entertaining the cats
> (who have figured out how to turn Roomba on)
>
> I've read that Roomba is programmed with a dialect of LISP.
> I've also read the Roomba technology is descended from the technology
> used in bomb-disarming robots deployed in Iraq.
>
> Going to be more of these devices I'm sure. And rebol *is* a
> LISPish language, but much easier to use methinks.
>
> Tim (who also writes LISP)
>
One more thing. In my opinion, rebol for Microcontrollers
would need a Foreign Function Interface
tim
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