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On 23/08/24 07:49, rbowman via Python-list wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Aug 2024 10:40:52 -0700, Paul Rubin wrote:
> 
>> The Pico uses MicroPython which is stuck on an old version of Python,
>> unfortunately.

How did this enter the conversation/thread?

Paul's 'contribution' does not even appear on the Archive...


> I think it's up to 3.4 in general and erratic past that. It doesn't have
> the match from 3.10.  I don't think it has f-strings though it may have
> the walrus. There are workarounds but it can be annoying.

Two points:

- it's cut-down to work on bare-metal which makes for low demands on 
resources, but commensurate shortage of the facilities we CPython 
developers take for-granted (ie may allow ourselves to find annoying)

- it has f-strings, but frustrates those of us who prefer F-strings

- the docs point-out that (compared with full-fat Python) it is less 
consistent across environments. Accordingly, worth reading the "Quick 
Reference for [your processor]" sections of the docs, eg R-Pi Pico 
version only has half of the ADC-methods.


Once scale expectations to take into account the power of the processor, 
MicroPython goes-like-the-clappers!


> I haven't worked with CircuitPython lately and don't know if it has pulled
> in later features.

Have you (gentle reader) used both and feel able to offer a comparison - 
when to prefer one over the other?



[https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/like-the-clappers.html]
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Regards,
=dn