Re: 10,000 educational single board computers sold on the first day!

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Hello Elizabeth,

"Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> writes:

>
> There are many advantages to cross-compiling vs. running a limited
> interpreter on the target. Among other things, it means the target's
> program can be tiny, as it doesn't need space for headers, its own
> compiler & assembler, and other programming tools. It's far faster to
> download compiled binary than ascii source to be compiled!

for the purpose of teaching the Forth workshops the small TI Board with a
interpreter in the target is almost ideal. We have people coming with
all kinds of different operating systems and configuration into the
workshop, and we only have limited time (1-3 hours), so we need to get
"up-and-running" with Forth in a few minutes. Treating the PC as a
"dumb-terminal" is the best solution, even that SwiftForth and other
cross-compiler do not have much dependencies on the OS level.

For serious work, larger applications, cross-compiling has many
advantages.

For learning, simple tools are key.

-- Carsten

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  Re: 10,000 educational single board computers sold on the first day! "A. K." <akk@nospam.org> - 2012-03-12 22:01 +0100
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