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Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:11:56 -0500
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On 3/4/2011 1:00 PM, KK6GM wrote:
> You're simply moving the goalposts.  You said *all* computer
> programs.  That would by definition include programs running in
> billions of devices with 1 to 8k of program memory, and 1k or less of
> data memory.  Do you really want to claim that *all* 8051 and AVR and
> 8-bit PIC programs include a GUI?

Nope. ("Billions of devices" is silly, of course, since those
are not running billions of individually written programs.) I
was just being hyperbolic. I fully agree that college classes
in embedded device programming don't need to have their students
write programs with graphical user interfaces.