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Re: Interests in non-GNU C compiler for RIS?
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Wed, 27 Oct 1999 02:37:34 GMT
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On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Richard F. Man wrote:
> And robotics is my first love - in fact, the company was
> started when I try to productize my subsumption architecture based
> multitasking executive...
Ahah! Now *that* is interesting to me. Obviously (as the legOS HOWTO
maintainer), a gcc replacement doesn't really interest me, unless you have
a reliable solaris->h8300 cross-compiler, in which case maybe we can talk
:) However, I think I (as well as many other people in the educational
"market") would be very, very interested in seeing a really solid
subsumption-based language environment for the lego. Is there a URL where
I can get more info on this (if you are still in that biz?)
> Please let me know what you think. The pricing on our current product is
> $160-$199, but if there is a larger market for this, we can consider
> dropping it to $50-$100 range. Our goal is to make money - this is our
> day (and night and weekend) job, but if we do it, you can be sure that
> it will be a very usable environment to program the RIS in - since I
> will be one of the biggest users :-)
Well, the subsumption thing would be probably strictly educational- so
your market would be limited. OTOH, money might not be so much of an issue.
> Another interesting possibility is that I do not believe execution speed
> is of primary concern, so instead of doing a native C compiler, may be
> we can release a Virtual Machine based compiler. We can release the API
> of the VM and the VM itself as Open Source for people to hack around
> too. Doing this is also easier than doing a native compiler, so perhaps
> we can release this faster.
Again, I think this would be perfect for a subsumption language (if that
is in fact what you have already done.) Base the VM on legOS, and just
distribute the VM binary pre-compiled (so that people don't necessarily
need to compile anything themselves.) Of course, I'm not sure where your
profit fits into this model, but you've probably given that more thought
than I have.
Looking forward to discussing this seriously with you-
Luis
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| Hello Luis, thanks for respomding (and thanks to others who have email me privately...) (...) We got into the business selling REXIS (REal eXecutive for Intelligent Systems) but stop after a couple years since the support cost is too high :-( I may (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Interests in non-GNU C compiler for RIS?
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| I know most lego alternative SW seems to be Open Source, but please don't flame me for asking this question - ImageCraft is a company that provides low cost C compilers for 8/16 bit microcontrollers such as Atmel AVR, Moto HC11/12/16. While not Free (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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