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Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> writes:
> Yep.  I've tried to get some interest from moneyed-parties in getting
> 8th ported to bare-iron systems.  But realistically, it was never
> designed for systems that small, and so far very few have shown any
> interest (beyond the talking stage, that is).

I half-remember you were making an embedded board for 8th?  I haven't
kept track but I'd expect the runtime requirements to be similar to
Micropython and similar systems.

https://www.grisp.org/ might be of interest -- ARM boards made
specifically for embedded Erlang.  They're expensive compared to hobby
stuff, but are serious hardware suitable for industrial purposes, with
long term component sourcing etc.