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Is nobody going to mention Java running on the toothbrush?

One might guess the firmware included a battery controller, bluetooth or wifi stacks, a little storage, and business logic for buttons and brushing.



Why does it matter? Embedded Java is quite popular. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embedded_Java


well, you need to have something to run that business logic (which includes phoning home to the manufacturer), don't you? Java is as good as any other runtime.


"3 Billion Devices Run Java"

Maybe not all of them should.


3 billion devices run Java!

;)




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