From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 20:54:28 +0000, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 20:36:41 -0000 (UTC)   
   > Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 08:57:07 +0000, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Bu that was the thrill of those early home computers; wrestling the   
   >>> cpu into doing your bidding and really getting to understand the   
   >>> fundamentals.   
   >>   
   >> Which is exactly the kind of thing the Raspberry Pi was designed to   
   >> help recreate.   
   >   
   > My point was that that was the intention, and they chose Python as the   
   > medium; actual ARM assembler is too difficult for beginners.   
      
   There is nothing about the Raspberry Pi that forces you to use Python, or   
   ARM assembler.   
      
   Eben Upton’s group originally wanted to build a machine that could only   
   run Python code; but they discovered it was actually cheaper to make it a   
   full-fledged general-purpose Linux machine. And so it is.   
      
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