Re:The Coming War on General Computation (2011)
by MarcScott on Sunday August 18, 2013 @02:13PM
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>but getting a basic platform to program is pretty cheap and easy, so I don't see that as a big problem.
A basic platform to program with is pretty cheap, but it'll _probably_ only run programs on a general purpose computer. I'm pretty sure you can't build iOS apps on a RPi.
I guess my big problem is that you can't build an iOS app on an iOS device. I see this as a problem given the prevalence of locked down devices now on the market.
Re:The Coming War on General Computation (2011)
by kybernetyk on Sunday August 18, 2013 @02:34PM
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> I'm pretty sure you can't build iOS apps on a RPi.
I couldn't build NES games on my old NES either but that didn't stop me from starting programming.
I think for most users, the experiences of using a programmable v.s. non-programmable device are about even in terms of inspiration. An iPad is just as likely to spawn an interest in games as a regular PC (perhaps more, as it's more approachable). The biggest problem is that locked down devices are poor programming platforms, but getting a basic platform to program is pretty cheap and easy, so I don't see that as a big problem.