Consider discussion to be extended Re: Motion 10: low-cost and embedded systems
Nate et al,
Consider discussion to be extended until Juergen posts a
friendly amendment and informs me voting is ready to begin.
Discussion is good!
Baker
Nate Hayes wrote:
Please forgive me if it is too late to ask this question. I know
discussion period for Motion 10 ended Nov. 24; it also doesn't seem like
the voting period has officially begun, either (so I'm a little
confused). In any case, I don't think my question requires any change to
the motion.
My question to P1788 is: how do very low-cost and/or embedded systems
fit into the picture of P1788 and required functionality?
I know various methods exist to compute transcendental functions
(CORDIC, polynomial approximations, etc.). I have no doubt
implementations for modern CPU/GPUs can handle all the Motion 10
required functions, either in hardware, software, or a combination of
both. Even my hand-held TI-89 graphing calculator supports these
functions... with a full-featured Computer Algebra System to boot!
But even the TI-89 has fairly ample memory and processing power. But can
anyone imagine some hypothetical low-cost or embedded microcontroller
where even a software implementation of all these functions might be too
much?
If such examples exist, what do we do about them? Can they still be
called 1788-conforming? If yes or no, is it important?
I'm not sure what the answers are to these questions. So this is why I
ask P1788 what do you all think?
Sincerely,
Nate Hayes
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