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echo: rberrypi
to: JOE
from: AHEM A RIVET`S SHOT
date: 2021-02-13 09:57:00
subject: Re: Adding VS Code to Pi

On Sat, 13 Feb 2021 08:49:33 +0000
Joe  wrote:

> Yes, I wondered why anyone would actually write code on an RPi. Anyone
> who really wants to use VS rather than, say, emacs, will surely want to
> use the real thing on its native Windows, and cross-compile.
>
> The Pi4 is now fairly powerful, but that's in comparison to phones and
> earlier Pis, not compared to a recent workstation or expensive laptop.

 Compared to most of the machines I've developed software on the Pi4
is a supercomputer! It makes the finest workstation ever produced by Sun,
Apollo or even SGI look like a toy. It is a sad testimony to bloat that you
find it inadequate to run an IDE.

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