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ultrarunnertoday at 12:57 AM2 repliesview on HN

Seems like Java is popular at Garmin.


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nradovtoday at 1:47 AM

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/

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ilikehurdlestoday at 1:48 AM

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.

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