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Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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2. I hadn't thought about coding for the Pi, but really, if there's going to be a computer

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Thu Nov 26, 2015, 08:09 AM

Nov 2015

for most of the underdeveloped world, it's going to be the Pi or another like it. Making Pi-compatible freeware might be the single easiest way to get your code in the hands of the most people over time.

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Raspberry Pi's latest computer so cheap it comes free with magazine (or $5) [View all] muriel_volestrangler Nov 2015 OP

I love love love the Raspberry Pi Recursion Nov 2015 #1

I hadn't thought about coding for the Pi, but really, if there's going to be a computer Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2015 #2

The NGO I volunteer for uses them to teach coding to slum kids Recursion Nov 2015 #3

They are pretty cheap resources for schools Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2015 #6

Plus they are ARM which is like the Platonic ideal of chip design Recursion Nov 2015 #7

I got a little stick computer a few years back. Was $35 at the time. hobbit709 Nov 2015 #4

My husband has a few Raspberry Pis Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2015 #5

Sounds like we might need a Kingsman for this one. nt stillwaiting Nov 2015 #8