Thread: Arduino?
View Single Post
  #6   Report Post  
Old March 4th 16, 05:24 PM posted to uk.radio.amateur,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew
rickman rickman is offline
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by RadioBanter: Nov 2012
Posts: 989
Default Arduino?

On 3/4/2016 7:15 AM, AndyW wrote:
On 03/03/2016 21:49, rickman wrote:

I don't use C or Python myself. I use Forth which is available for the
Launchpads. I find it much more interactive and tuned to the needs of
hardware oriented users.


Forth... I have not used that since the 80s although I was quite
impressed by the speed and being an HP calculator user RPN was quite
familiar. I started using it on the ZX Spectrum and it was my first
Non-basic high level language. It may be time to dig out a forth pakage
and see what I can still remember.
IIRC it was originally developed for radio telescopes so there is a nice
radio link.


I would recommend Mecrisp if you wish to work on embedded platforms. I
think the radio telescope thing is long past. I don't recall there
being any trace of telescope control or radio left in the language.

--

Rick