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ultrarunner 2 hours ago

Seems like Java is popular at Garmin.

nradov an hour ago | parent | next [-]

And also — sadly — Monkey C. I cannot imagine what possessed them to invent their own scripting language for wearable device apps. It's sort of like JavaScript but worse and with minimal third-party tooling support.

https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/monkey-c/

Palomides 6 minutes ago | parent [-]

it kinda sucks, but with the constraints it's at least understandable. they wanted an extremely lightweight language with a bytecode VM which could be ported to whatever MCUs in 2015, while also strictly limiting the functionality for battery usage reasons (and, uh, product segmentation/limiting third party access).

ilikehurdles an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

While I might not trust C code more than Java in life saving equipment, I would trust a median C developer over a Java one.