[sdiy] Programming Language of choice

[Chris Juried]

Thank you,Tom. C and Python are the languages I am focusing on and will continue to focus on. Yes, I do have a few Pis here as well. :)
 Sincerely,   
  Chris Juried  
Audio Engineering Society (AES) Member  
InfoComm-Recognized AV Technologist
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      From: Neil Johnson <neil.johnson71 at gmail.com>
 To: Tom Wiltshire <tom at electricdruid.net> 
Cc: Chris Juried <cjuried at yahoo.com>; Synth-diy DIY <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
 Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2016 5:34 PM
 Subject: Re: [sdiy] Programming Language of choice
   
Chris Juried wrote:
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>>I was wondering what the groups' consensus is on the most prominent programming language for a beginner in the world of MCUs.

Depends what you mean by "MCU".  If you're on a Raspberry Pi I would
say start with Python - great scripting lanuage, lots of libraries,
lots of online resources to learn from.

If you're closer to the metal and mean microcontrollers like AVRs or
the smaller ARM machines (I'm talking single-core running up to a
couple hundred MHz, lots of peripherals, running either no OS or an
RTOS), then C is the only language you need to learn.

Some might tempt you with C++ and the lie that "it's like C, but
better", in the same sense that an apple is "like a woolly mammoth,
but better".  It might look a bit like C if you squint, but that's
just syntactic sugar to lure you into their psychedelic world of
weirdness.

Neil
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