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software engineering;  was: Is this official blog article intended as a joke?

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http://www.element14.com/community/groups/raspberry-pi/blog/2013/05/24/getting-started-with-raspberry-pi--part-1

 

"With a  Raspberry Pi in hand, robotics is no more a fancy imaginary world of big and serious people but a real and authentic one."

 

"big and serious people"  Really???

"fancy imaginary world"  Really???

 

"With a normal computer that has a monitor, keyboard, mouse, printer and modem connected, hardly anything can be done, except the intended use."

 

"printer port"  Really???   have you heard of USB?  We're up to USB 3.0 now.

"modem port"  Really??? have you heard of ethernet?  We're up to 1 and 10 Gbit now.

Have you heard of the PCI Express bus on PC's?  (or formerly ISA and PCI)

 

"non-availability of an easy programming environment"  Really?!?!?

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  • in reply to colecago

    Colecago,

       Every language takes some getting used to at first.

    There is no such thing as intuitively obvious programming language syntax,

    and each language feature has both advantages and disadvantages. 

    Python is pretty unique in regard to the significance of indenting.

    It has the advantage of looking simpler without all the curly braces,

    and has the advantage that the indenting can't be misleading,

    but can make subtle mistakes hard to notice.