[Tutor] Beginner Noob

[DL Neil]

On 8/06/20 4:58 AM, alexkleider via Tutor wrote:
> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> On Sunday, June 7, 2020 5:51 AM, David <bouncingcats at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 6 Jun 2020 at 18:39, DL Neil via Tutor tutor at python.org wrote:
>>
>>> There is a MicroPython which works well on Raspberry Pi SBCs, whereas
>>> there is a version of C which is native to the Arduino.
>>
>> May I offer a small correction, because this seems a bit misleading about
>> the MicroPython project [1]. The whole point of MicroPython is that it
>> has been designed to run directly on a tiny microcontroller, with no
>> operating system required, and is optimised for doing so at the cost
>> of other performance aspects. It can also run on Linux, for development.
>>
>> Raspberry Pi runs Linux. So although you can run MicroPython on a
>> Raspberry Pi, you generally wouldn't, because there's no point, and
>> any of the other Linux varieties of Python will probably perform better,
>> generally speaking, because they will exploit all the advantages provided
>> by the operating system.
>>
>> [1] https://micropython.org/
> 
> A few comments that might be pertinent (from another grey head _without_ a tech background.)
> 
> There was a tutorial given at the San Francisco Python MeetUp group at what may have been the last meeting they had before the lock-down.
> It was about microPython on the arduino.  You might wish to look that up- there may be info related to it on line.  I can try to look up contacts who might be helpful if you wish.
> I've used the RPi a lot- it is very Python orientated and I doubt that you'd run into difficulties because of limited resources, especially if you got a late model one- each model has more ports, more memory, faster processor, ...
> It's easy to run the Pi 'headless' so no need for setting up monitor, keyboard, mouse etc (as long as you are comfortable with SSH and the terminal command line.)
> Be happy to discuss further (on or off list, the latter perhaps being more appropriate since it will be mostly about the Pi rather than Python.)


Thanks both!

Yes, I had taken a language-centric approach to advising the OP. Of 
course, were I paid, I might say "only Python, everywhere"...

For this reason and the helpful added detail, eg SSH/'headless', IMHO 
stay *on-list*, for now. If the microPython/SBC traffic increases to the 
point of 'irritation', it will demonstrate demand and thereby justify a 
separate list, eg Python on SBCs.

That said, there are other sources for such information and discussion.


PS I'm formulating another in my "Friday Finking" philosophical 
discussions (on the 'main' Python list) which will hark-back to playing 
with 4-bit processors during the '70s, and hopes-and-dreams perhaps lost 
or misplaced mean-time...
-- 
Regards =dn