2014-04-26 14:52:28 +00:00
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elevator controller
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2014-04-26 15:54:15 +00:00
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n. An archetypal dumb embedded-systems application, like toaster (which
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superseded it). During one period (1983--84) in the deliberations of ANSI
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X3J11 (the C standardization committee) this was the canonical example of a
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really stupid, memory-limited computation environment. You can't require
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printf (3) to be part of the default runtime library what if you're
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targeting an elevator controller? Elevator controllers became important
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rhetorical weapons on both sides of several holy wars.
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