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by jimktrains2 36 days ago
> I don't quite understand why "embedded" has historically meant learning a completely separate tool.

Because historically, and I would argue should still, refer to very limited hardware, in terms of memory, processing power, and energy.

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If you're sticking the Linux kernel into something you've already past the scale this should require a separate build system to accomplish.
I guess this was just so true everyone found it uninteresting like saying water is wet eh?