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Re: RISC OS hits OSNews

From Folderol <folderol@ukfsn.org>
Newsgroups comp.sys.acorn.misc
Subject Re: RISC OS hits OSNews
Date 2011-11-02 18:22 +0000
Organization UK Free Software Network
Message-ID <20111102182236.2d2ed2c1@debian> (permalink)
References (6 earlier) <20111101211108.37429e25.patric@invalid.net> <20111101224506.e9967318.patric@invalid.net> <522b8e6b18steve@revi11.plus.com> <522be72dcfriscos@mdharding.org.uk> <4eb17c70$0$30781$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr>

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On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:23:05 +0100
Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> On 02/11/2011 17:08, M Harding wrote:
> 
> > After all, it is the ubiquitous ARM chip that's being used.
> 
> Not to mention the bloke that recently slammed the British educational 
> lack of programming (etc) was from Google - the same company whose 
> Android platform is powering a fairly large number of smartphones, 
> running on ARM processors.
> 
> 
> As Patric says, we can't say "whoo, BASIC!" any more. It has benefits, 
> sure, but I suspect learning on something like C (or C-like) would be 
> more appropriate in this day and age.

I suggest we try to say "Whooo, Python" instead :)
Could python be ported to RISC OS? it would be a major achievement if it could.

P.S.
As soon as I saw the RP my first thought was 'embedded systems'.

-- 
Will J G

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RISC OS hits OSNews patric <patric@invalid.net> - 2011-10-31 18:30 +0000
  Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Martin Hansen <mhh@shrewsbury.org.uk> - 2011-10-31 12:10 -0700
    Re: RISC OS hits OSNews patric <patric@invalid.net> - 2011-10-31 20:15 +0000
      Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2011-10-31 19:49 +0000
        Re: RISC OS hits OSNews patric <patric@invalid.net> - 2011-10-31 20:45 +0000
        Re: RISC OS hits OSNews "Ste (news)" <steve@revi11.plus.com> - 2011-11-01 12:59 +0000
          Re: RISC OS hits OSNews trevj <trevj@cwazy.co.uk> - 2011-11-01 09:03 -0700
            Re: RISC OS hits OSNews patric <patric@invalid.net> - 2011-11-01 17:38 +0000
          Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-01 20:57 +0100
            Re: RISC OS hits OSNews patric <patric@invalid.net> - 2011-11-01 21:11 +0000
              Re: RISC OS hits OSNews patric <patric@invalid.net> - 2011-11-01 22:45 +0000
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews "Ste (news)" <steve@revi11.plus.com> - 2011-11-01 23:58 +0000
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews patric <patric@invalid.net> - 2011-11-02 00:48 +0000
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews M Harding <riscos@mdharding.org.uk> - 2011-11-02 16:08 +0000
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-02 18:23 +0100
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Folderol <folderol@ukfsn.org> - 2011-11-02 18:22 +0000
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews David H Wild <dhwild@talktalk.net> - 2011-11-02 19:24 +0000
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-02 19:33 +0000
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Folderol <folderol@ukfsn.org> - 2011-11-02 19:40 +0000
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-03 19:49 +0100
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2011-11-03 19:49 +0000
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-02 18:08 +0100
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews trevj <trevj@cwazy.co.uk> - 2011-11-02 02:19 -0700
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews patric <patric@invalid.net> - 2011-11-03 01:52 +0000
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-03 19:54 +0100
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews trevj <trevj@cwazy.co.uk> - 2011-11-03 13:27 -0700
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews patric <patric@invalid.net> - 2011-11-03 21:41 +0000
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews trevj <trevj@cwazy.co.uk> - 2011-11-04 01:16 -0700
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-04 07:03 +0100
              Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-02 19:00 +0100
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2011-11-03 00:21 +0000
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews patric <patric@invalid.net> - 2011-11-03 01:31 +0000
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews patric <patric@invalid.net> - 2011-11-03 02:24 +0000
            Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-01 22:26 +0000
              Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-02 18:34 +0100
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-02 21:51 +0000
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-03 20:03 +0100
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Stewart Brodie <stewart.brodie@ntlworld.com> - 2011-11-04 01:24 +0000
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-04 07:20 +0100
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Stewart Brodie <stewart.brodie@ntlworld.com> - 2011-11-05 00:56 +0000
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-05 07:18 +0100
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Stewart Brodie <stewart.brodie@ntlworld.com> - 2011-11-05 20:59 +0000
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-07 05:06 +0100
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-15 19:32 +0100
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-04 09:22 +0000
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Stewart Brodie <stewart.brodie@ntlworld.com> - 2011-11-04 22:53 +0000
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-05 07:23 +0100
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-06 12:48 +0000
                Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Harriet Bazley <bazley@feathermail.co.uk> - 2011-11-22 00:19 +0000
        Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2011-11-06 07:02 +0000
      Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-01 20:35 +0100
    Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Martin Bazley <martin.bazley@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2011-10-31 20:09 +0000

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