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On Sun, 12 Jan 2025 11:09:56 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> GPIO on a PI under linux is a breeze.

I was surprised. It has limits compared to a Pico since the machine does 
have other tasks to perform rather than being dedicated.
 
> Picos are not bad either.
> 
> The Pico is an adventure to get anything going without using the ghastly
> python, which is slow and limited

It depends on the application. For many things Python is perfectly fine. 
You need the ability to determine when it isn't and act accordingly. 
MicroPython or CircuitPython abstracts away much of the low level cruft. 
otoh working with the C SDK is like building a wall a brick at a time.