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Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now?

From Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now?
Date 2016-10-21 16:31 -0700
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JUERGEN <epldfpga@aol.com> writes:
> [Microbit] As said before, there are many here it seems who think it
> is not a good product - sorry but they are commenting in the wrong
> thread as there are a million boards against them.

I don't think anyone has said the Microbit is a bad product, just that
it's a bit expensive for what you get, and that there's other boards
of similar cost and power requirements but with more hardware resources.

Yes there were a lot of them given away in schools but I wonder how many
people bought them with personal funds, making it more likely that
they'll be used.  I think it will mostly be programmed in MicroPython
which it's barely powerful enough to run (MicroPython had to be hacked a
lot to fit in the Microbit).  It wouldn't surprise me if there's more
Arduinos than Microbits out there, and Arduinos run Forth perfectly well
too.  So I'd be more likely to pick a cheaper board than the Microbit
for Forth, or a more powerful one for MicroPython.

If they do a next-generation Microbit maybe they'll pick an MCU with
more memory.  That will make it more interesting.  Meanwhile there is a
German version now: 

http://hackaday.com/2016/10/18/germans-react-to-uks-microbit/

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Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2016-09-07 11:24 -0500
  Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? JUERGEN <epldfpga@aol.com> - 2016-09-08 11:57 -0700
    Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? lawrencedo99@gmail.com - 2016-09-09 13:48 -0700
      Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? JUERGEN <epldfpga@aol.com> - 2016-09-10 00:19 -0700
        Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? lawrencedo99@gmail.com - 2016-09-10 00:48 -0700
          Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? JUERGEN <epldfpga@aol.com> - 2016-09-10 04:06 -0700
            Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? Jan Coombs <jenfhaomndgfwutc@murmic.plus.com> - 2016-09-10 13:37 +0100
              Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? JUERGEN <epldfpga@aol.com> - 2016-09-10 08:47 -0700
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-10 11:45 -0700
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2016-09-10 21:44 +0200
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2016-09-10 15:10 -0500
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? lawrencedo99@gmail.com - 2016-09-10 19:24 -0700
              Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2016-09-10 21:31 +0200
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-10 13:27 -0700
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-10-16 16:32 -0400
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? lawrencedo99@gmail.com - 2016-10-16 16:37 -0700
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-10-16 19:46 -0400
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? lawrencedo99@gmail.com - 2016-10-16 18:40 -0700
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-10-16 22:20 -0400
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? lawrencedo99@gmail.com - 2016-10-18 15:30 -0700
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-18 16:42 -0700
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? lawrencedo99@gmail.com - 2016-10-18 18:30 -0700
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? JUERGEN <epldfpga@aol.com> - 2016-10-18 23:23 -0700
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-10-19 03:23 -0400
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? lawrencedo99@gmail.com - 2016-10-19 00:51 -0700
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-19 01:08 -0700
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-10-19 17:19 -0700
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? lawrencedo99@gmail.com - 2016-10-20 00:43 -0700
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? Jan Coombs <jenfhaomndgfwutc@murmic.plus.com> - 2016-10-20 10:00 +0100
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-10-20 19:09 -0400
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? JUERGEN <epldfpga@aol.com> - 2016-10-21 13:14 -0700
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-21 16:31 -0700
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-10-22 14:28 -0400
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-22 12:14 -0700
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? JUERGEN <epldfpga@aol.com> - 2016-12-22 02:21 -0800
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? JUERGEN <epldfpga@aol.com> - 2016-12-23 11:47 -0800
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? lawrencedo99@gmail.com - 2016-10-21 15:07 -0700
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-22 00:09 -0700
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-16 17:17 -0700
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? Jan Coombs <jenfhaomndgfwutc@murmic.plus.com> - 2016-09-10 22:10 +0100
            Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2016-09-10 10:58 -0500
              Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? JUERGEN <epldfpga@aol.com> - 2016-09-11 00:03 -0700
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-11 01:10 -0700
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2016-09-11 11:23 +0200
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-11 12:27 -0700
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2016-09-11 14:57 -0500
                Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2016-09-11 05:13 -0500
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