Thread: Java vs C++
View Single Post
  #12   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 27-11-2010, 11:39
Ether's Avatar
Ether Ether is offline
systems engineer (retired)
no team
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Rookie Year: 1969
Location: US
Posts: 8,077
Ether has a reputation beyond reputeEther has a reputation beyond reputeEther has a reputation beyond reputeEther has a reputation beyond reputeEther has a reputation beyond reputeEther has a reputation beyond reputeEther has a reputation beyond reputeEther has a reputation beyond reputeEther has a reputation beyond reputeEther has a reputation beyond reputeEther has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Java vs C++

Quote:
Originally Posted by taichichuan View Post
The JVM tends to be rather memory hungry. The reason there's no JRE for the Arduino is that Java simply takes too much RAM to run on the memory footprint of an ATMega part.
Yeah, I know. I was talking about a cross-compiler (with a smart linker), not a VM.

Probably not a big enough market to justify the development expense. Maybe there are some legal issues as well.