On Sat, 13 Feb 2021 09:57:25 +0000
Ahem A Rivet's Shot  wrote:

> 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.
>

I didn't say that. Given a choice of development environments, I would
not expect the PI, even a 4, to be preferred.

Not that I've done any ARM coding for more than forty years.

--
Joe

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