JM-15S - feedback welcome

[Marcus von Cube]

(08-05-2014 02:54 AM)jwm Wrote:  The main thing I am salvaging is the nice compacting GC, so I can use space inefficient but oh so easy to manage linked lists for the youngest generation that lives in the 6k of ram, then garbage collect it compiling it down to linear arrays and compressed bytecode that live in the 2K that are backed up.

The WP 34S battery saving algorithm is based on turning the core off while the device is waiting for a key. The same holds for HPs firmware for the same chip (10bii+, 12C+, 15C LE, 20b/30b). This saves a lot of energy but it looses the 4KB RAM between keystrokes. Your GC would be quite busy if you were doing it in a similar way. Running the GC would probably cost more then turning the chip off could save.

Are you planning an emulator so that more people will try the user interface?