And there's also plenty of ARM chips that don't run Linux (because they can't due to lack of a MMU), e.g. Cortex-M0...M4-based parts.

That's one of the nice things about small target embedded work. It covers everything from 8-bit to 32-bit, from simple (no hardware multiplier, no division in hardware) to loaded (hardware floating point support, MAC units, HW dividers), from slow (temperature logging) to fast (control loop running at 30 kHz requiring 3us latency).

Very true, but we don't win by becoming like Muslims ourselves.

Well, not really. There are some architectures that were basically designed to be used with C (68k, ARM), but there are others (8051) where a C compiler need to jump through some major hoops.

And the C compiler still shields the programmers from things like stack frames or worrying about CPU register allocation.

To clarify: "Small target" means memory (RAM/Flash) is measured in kB, sometimes even in bytes.

You still have Python-capable processors for embedded systems if you can't afford to learn C.

As far as target size goes, that thing does not qualify as "small target".

FWIW, I've been struggling with LPC4300 series processors.

Those chips look like they're on the large end of "small target". Cortex-M4s are already pretty beefy CPUs.

The open source toolchain is just so bad that your CPU hard faults on first attempted function call (most likely due to incorrect memory maps).

You can usually get pretty detailed reasons for a hard fault if you dig into the appropriate CPU registers (HFSR, etc).

I'd check the linker command file. Setting up a basic memory map isn't that hard - it's the not-so-basic stuff where things get interesting (copying functions to RAM for execution, etc).

No. You need to be able to present your research without being slaughtered for it. When it comes to opinion, scientists have the same rights and are subject to the same criticisms as anybody else.

Heaps.

Cricket, for instance, is dominated by white guys in Australia and England. On the other hand, India, Pakistan and the West Indies have very strong teams - why? Because cricket favours places where kids can play the game in the street. Genetics don't enter into it.

Another example: Aussie Rules versus Rugby. Aussie Rules has a disproportionate number of Aboriginal players, whereas Rugby (in Australia/NZ) is dominated by Maoris and Islanders (Samoans, Vanuatans etc). Are Aboriginals genetically pre-disposed toward Aussie Rules, or is it actually because they grow up playing and loving Aussies Rules (Whereas Samoans grow up loving and playing rugby)?

Er - that sounds more like Camden than The City. The City extends to the east of Temple; the Mall is to the west. Did you get your map of London from a Dan Brown book?

I take it from you lack of response that you cannot think of anything?

Here is what you wrote: Deep sea drilling even has divers that go underwater for weeks at a time for critical repairs... doing things that are enormously expensive and even approaching costs for sending astronauts into space. I've highlighted the section that caught my eye. How much does going underwater cost? I couldn't find any figures related to the costs of divers going underwater to repair deep sea drilling rigs. I did uncover the cost of James Camerons DeepSea challenge (http://deepseanews.com/2012/04/shouldnt-we-be-more-skeptical-of-the-deepchallenger-dive/) which works out around 5 million dollars. I'm sure you would agree that 5 million dollars a person would not get you to LEO, let alone beyond LEO (which, thanks to the necessary delta V) starts at a floor 10x that of LEO.

In short, I was being generous.

You don't get to decide.

Ah but TFA says five American children have died of this - making it much more important to politicians than tens of thousands of Africans! It sucks but that's the way it is.

Now a very quick way to find out: What's the story at Balamory?

.. Wouldn't you like yo know?

Right, but the adverts will officially to "inform the parents who are viewing with the child", just like all the adverts on children's television. Everyone will know that they are targeted ad kids but officially they won't be to comply with the law.