On 29/10/2015 11:37 AM, scott wrote:
> The benefit of the pi over IBM-compatible is that (IMHO) the assembler
> is much easier to learn and use.

Yeah, I haven't done a lot with x86 assembly, but with 40 years of 
backwards-compatibility, it's pretty complicated. And ugly to start 
with, it seems! (Well, it was originally designed for low-cost pocket 
calculators, not supercomputers!)

I often wished more stuff could be like the Motorola 68000. That seemed 
like a really nice architecture to work with.

> I think if children could see their simple first creations running on
> their smartphone or tablet that would encourage them a lot.

Agree.

> However you
> need a massive chunk of experience and knowledge to even *install* the
> Android SDK, let alone start writing a new app.

Also agree!

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