java - What are you doing with 2KB of ram? 1969: NASA - "We just put some guys on the moon and got them back to Earth saf - devRant

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baewulf

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I feel personally attacked right now 😂😂
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mjones44

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@baeovvulf "I just came out to have a good time and I honestly feel so attacked right now"
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kescherRant

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Yeah, NASA didn't use Java either. They used assembly.
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bytecode

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I doubt... hm... if there was hardware or a special interpreter that did not use RAM written in ROM that would interpret Java bytecode directly, 2KB would be enought RAM
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kolaente

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Well if you want something resource efficient, don't use java.
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bytecode

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7y

Oh wait, old phones ran Java, remember J2ME? I doubt these phones had more than a few MB of RAM... See? Java can be efficient :)
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bytecode

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7y

It can even run on ATtiny45! http://haiku-vm.sourceforge.net/
256 bytes of SRAM!
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mjones44

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@filthyranter they actually didn't even use any recognizable assembly. they used a custom language that ran on custom circuits.
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mjones44

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you can find the code on GitHub.
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kescherRant

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@mjones44 Custom assembly lul
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mjones44

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7y

@filthyranter I think they called the language Pinball if I remember correctly lol
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kescherRant

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@mjones44 Must be because of

TILT!
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mjones44

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7y

@filthyranter LOL
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mjones44

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7y

@MrJimmy I completely disagree.
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mjones44

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@MrJimmy look how all this crazy fuckin tech is coming out like VR, AI, machine learning, quantum computing
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mjones44

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7y

@MrJimmy yeah but resources aren't scarce. that's my point.
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mjones44

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7y

@MrJimmy but my point is we have a surplus of resources regardless

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