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On Mittwoch, 8. September 2010, Eric Norum wrote:
> What's the use case for this, anyhow?

Yes, I would be interested in that, too.

> IMHO dynamic loading of any kind is a bad idea for embedded systems.
> It can only lead to problems with software release management and
> discovery of problems during a run rather than during commissioning.

Bold words, considering that Erlang is used in embedded systems with 
guarantees(!) for a maximum downtime of 3 Minutes per year. Granted, 
they had dynamic (re-)loading of whole software modules designed in 
from the start, using a dedicated programming language to support this 
(and many other features EPICS still dreams of) etc. etc.

Cheers
Ben
-- 
"Never confuse what is natural with what is habitual."
                                                 -- Mahatma Gandhi

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