the Python ecosystem...
We've been discussing the evolving Raspberry Pi picture on MathFuture somewhat (overlapping contributors), noting Wolfram Language throwing itself in the ring, as another language the Pi supports. My Gchat with Indonesia this evening was about that. I had another Hangout with the eduSummit gang. We experimented with Google Moderator as a means of working with whatever our Call for Proposals manages to generate. Steve Holden set up a "Pi Lab" with four identical workstations, a man named Trevor (suitably UK-sounding) coming in once a week. We didn't get wolfram-engine running yet, but only because we've been lazy, I suppose one might charge (been really busy). http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirbyurner/11319784916/in/photostream/ (picture of Pi Lab, opening day) I've been wanting to spin up an Amazon instance with Vpython already going, which one would think'd be a piece of cake, except when do I find the time? I'd like to demo some Python5 code options maybe, what could we do with these additional libraries? I should yak with Traction Station. VPython on the Pi... a possibility? I just need to Google some more... probably been done. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vpython-users/8YnuZa6w7m8 So my question for Indonesia was "would school systems switch?" now that a student could have a Pi + Mathematica for less cost than a scientific calculator with far less than half the brains. Imagine some high school class, say Calculus. Of course there's an easy answer to that one: some will / some won't (plus some aren't in the posited initial position so not able to "switch"). Your level of support is far higher in the UK I'd say, at the moment. But then of course Wolfram Language isn't about which side of the Atlantic (or Pacific) you're on. Kirby
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