On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, David Schwartz wrote:
> > Those cadgets below the streets and in the ocean do tend stay in
> > service for *long* times. Tens of years, very least. Mainly
> > because the installation costs are so high... (The cadget costs
> > next to nothing compared to the work.)
>
> Hence the importance of using the best possible hardware in the
> first place. The software can be upgraded remotely. It's idiotic to
> skimp on the hardware and then expect the software people to 'make
> it work' .. somehow. If you do that, you are assured your hardware
> will become obsolete.
This comes down to you definition of "best". For long-term embedded
apps. A large component of fitness will be based on how proven and
reliable the part is. Other factors such as power consumption may also
come before niceties such as 64-bit math.
The definition of "obselete" is subject to similar pressures. A Z80
variant may never be obselete for many practical purposes.
-d
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