Re: [avr-gcc-list] How can I use external flash memory?

[Daniel O'Connor]

On Monday 30 October 2006 07:29, Bruce D. Lightner wrote:
> As it turned out, the size of the AVR interpreter was about the same as
> the "p-code" interpreter, about 3K bytes.  (Maybe "interpreters" are a
> "Zero Sum Game" of some kind?)  As for the size of a "p-code" routine
> that did more or less the same thing as an "avr-gcc" compiled one, the
> p-code had a clear advantage (2-3x), but this varied greatly according
> to exactly what was being coded (and who was doing it!).

Perhaps you could use some of the extra space to make a JIT compiler (like 
HP's Dynamo project 
http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-77.pdf) :)

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