R Waters My Garden
I'm at a party, and the topic of programming languages comes up. A quarter of the room politely leaves, another half rudely leaves, and the remaining three people banter about the proper language for a certain project. Bob, Marsha, and I have the room to ourselves.
Tonight we're talking microcontrollers: Arduino or Raspberry Pi. We like to connect things and aren't afraid to release the magic white smoke with an ill-advised application of excess voltage. Bob assumes programming is done with micropython. Marsha prefers C.
"I use R to water my garden," I say. "Yep, I installed R on a Raspberry Pi and use it to turn the water valves on and off."
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Very nice article, which I can absolutely understand. Dealing with or even discussing such topics makes you lonely at parties! But back to the topic! I am of the opinion that the appropriate programming language should be used for the programming task. I am currently implementing my own small project as follows: I collect data on the Raspberry Pico W using MicroPython, send this data to the Raspberry Pi 4B via MQTT and analyze it on the Pi 4B using an R function (which runs in a loop) and save it in a SQLite database. Then I access the database from my laptop via SSH and perform a post analysis with R. The whole thing is a mixture of MicroPython and R... 😎
Great piece! I love
I'm trying to imagine you adjusting the water levels for optimal tomato growth. This made me laugh because perhaps talking about programming is perhaps an approach you should try to get everyone to leave the house at the end of the party so you can go to bed? I mean as long as it doesn't also mean that the remaining people want to stay for another few hours...
And perception?