[Edu-sig] Raspberry Pi?

2012-03-29 Thread kirby urner
Lots of buzz on PSF list about Python and Raspberry Pi. I know from independent sources that Python has attracted considerable attention in the UK education community. Also, the BBC Micro also came out around this time and our PSF chairman is in the UK to help celebrate its anniversary (50th? --

Re: [Edu-sig] Raspberry Pi?

2012-03-29 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 29.03.2012, at 17:49, kirby urner wrote: Raspberry Pi doesn't currently run Python but there is some thought that it should. Huh? This is what the FAQ says: http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs Does it have an official programming language? By default, we’ll be supporting Python as the

Re: [Edu-sig] Raspberry Pi?

2012-03-29 Thread Nicholas H.Tollervey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I got hold of a RaspberryPi alpha board for last year's PyconUK and can confirm it most certainly does run Python. The machine I got had a recent stable Debian on the SD card. John Pinner currently has the machine if you need more info. I

Re: [Edu-sig] Raspberry Pi?

2012-03-29 Thread Kirby Urner
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Bert Freudenberg b...@freudenbergs.dewrote: On 29.03.2012, at 17:49, kirby urner wrote: Raspberry Pi doesn't currently run Python but there is some thought that it should. Huh? This is what the FAQ says: http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs Apologies, the