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Personally i dont like how long it takes some of the apps on my phone to load.

Python is certainly better then Java (hello memory management). I guess the question becomes do we want to develop embedded systems or algorithms. I think we need to keep it low level like it is or step it up (in hardware too) to a hight level such as RTLinux or vxworks, then we can put databases and all kinds of other cool tool on it, which can be just as fun and not that hard with a little basic documentation (i would shy away from windows CE that some have mentioned, there is almost no ability for hardware interaction). I think FIRST has hit a split, and need to pick a path and not split the difference.