Raspberry Pi 3B+ and fP go

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Quad Core 1.2GHz Broadcom BCM2837 64bit CPU

(SOURCE:  https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-3-model-b/ )

The problem is that it would need to be compiled for the BCM.  It won't
take x86 binaries.  Certainly not insurmountable, but not something I
can see them rushing to embrace.  How long did it take to get a straight
port to FreeBSD?  And that was on the same architecture, with probably
almost zero porting required.  Historically, they've been slow to adopt new
platforms.

On the plus side, it's a bit like any interpreted or bytecode-based
language, in that you could develop on it, and your product is
automagically valid on all the other platforms where there is a version in
existence.  Developers wouldn't need to care about their target platform.
I've considered one in the past for Perl development for similar reasons,
but besides not having a need to at this point, it's just always struck me
as a rather inconvenient toy.  That, and I need another HDMI feed like a
hole in the head.  I have four on the TV, and four on a switch, and I only
have one free.  I was maxed before upgrading my TV a couple weeks ago.
There really needs to be a 10-port switch, as four is simply not enough.
First world problems, to be sure, but still...

m->


On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 12:21:07PM -0400, Mike Dawson via Filepro-list thus spoke:
> Just a thought,
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> Want to highlight and sell more filePro?
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> The Raspberry Pi has been around for a while and the latest release of the
> hardware is quite robust.
> 
> The Debian flavor of the OS comes with everything, and I mean everything
> except for one product, fP.
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> With over 10 million units sold, and the new 3B+ that has a 1.4Ghz Quad
> Core, 32Gig storage, and a GIG of RAM, I would
> 
> think that a mini Linux version of fP, (50 records max) might be a wonderful
> way to improve your marketing presence,
> 
> while at the same time introducing fP to the next generation of programmers.
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> Apache2, MariaDB, OpenVPN, RealVNC, SSH, PHP, Python, they're all part of
> the Raspberry Pi landscape.  With the focus
> 
> of Raspberry being inexpensive programming language education for students,
> why not fP?   I'm currently using one
> 
> to develop proprietary IoT applications for an energy management company.
> It screams and is the size of a pack of cigarettes.
> 
> My how things have changed..why not fP?
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> Michael A. Dawson 
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