Re: ****tability: Harmony between PC and microcontroller

On 6 mei, 19:19, Tom=E1s =D3 h=C9ilidhe <t...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> A better example would be an instant messenger client running on a
> small handheld device using an LCD display. If the algorithmic code is
> too slow, then the display will suffer. Using int instead of
> uint_fast8_t will lead to code which is about 2 to 4 times slower.

This is where your reasoning starts to break down.
A small, handheld device is likely to be using an ARM-based processor.
These processors are nowadays almost universally 32-bitters. (A really
old ARM processof might be 16 bit).
Therefore, the difference between using 'int' and 'uint_fast8_t' is
expected to be zero.

The problem with your reasoning is that you try to extrapolate from a
single experience with one particular embedded system. Your
extrapolation just does not work.
I would strongly advise you to gather data-points on about a dozen
different processors (with as much difference between them as you can)
before making sweeping recommendations like you do in this thread.

<snip>
> I'm talking about ****table performance, not just performance.

Then tell me, what is the performance of that webbrowser on your PIC?

Bart v Ingen Schenau