On Aug 08, 2024, David Billsbrough wrote:
> Hello Dan and all,
>
> Quoting somebody on this mail list:
>
> > If you're trying to start up a new hobby, and expect to be using these
> > tools every weekend; well, you're going to need that set of $40 tools
> > when the $5 set breaks / ruins something / whatever. Might as well
> > spend the $40 today instead of $5 today and $40 anyway in 2 months.
>
> [...] Tool prices, etc. comments. [...]
> SO anyways ...
>
> In the virtual (digital) world this **idea** does' NOT also work the
> same way at all.
>
> You can use FREE (beer or speech) software that meets and exceeds some
> or most *TOP* dollar software offerings. Well because that just the
> way that it is!

You completely misunderstood the analogy I'm making...

Scenario: OP is fighting with Python a bit in order to use MicroPython
(or a variant thereto) to program a microcontroller.

I'm telling him that *IF* he's trying to do this as more than a
"one-off", he might as well learn C/C++ (via Arduino) now, rather than
waiting on it.

Python = "Cheap tool" (It'll get the job done, if all you need is this
one thing)

C/C++ = "Expensive tool" (It'll "hurt the wallet", but you'll have it
forever).



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