[OT] Why mobile web apps are slow

[Paulo Pinto]

On Tuesday, 9 July 2013 at 19:44:26 UTC, Joakim wrote:
> On Tuesday, 9 July 2013 at 19:27:22 UTC, QAston wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 9 July 2013 at 18:12:24 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:
>>> A bit off-topic, but well worth reading,
>>>
>>> http://sealedabstract.com/rants/why-mobile-web-apps-are-slow/
>>>
>>> --
>>> Paulo
>>
>> I think that the garbage collection part of the atricle is 
>> very relevant to the usage of D on mobile.
> Nobody uses D on mobile, so it's not very relevant. ;)
>
> If Intel ever makes a comeback on mobile- Samsung is putting 
> x86 chips in their next generation of Galaxy Tab tablets, so 
> it's possible- it might not take much effort to port D/ldc to 
> Android/x86 though, so maybe it will be relevant someday.
>
> Good article, with some good data.

There are embedded devices that can be targeted with GC enabled 
systems programming languages.

For example Oberon-7 for ARM Cortex-M3 and NXP LPC2000 
microcontrollers:

http://www.astrobe.com/default.htm

What happens is that you can also control memory outside the GC 
if really needed, via the usual stack/global memory allocation 
and the SYSTEM package.

--
Paulo