"Evaluation > Debugger" missing (Mathematica on Raspberry Pi 4)

[Swamp Thing]

I don't have the menu item Evaluation > Debugger .

Could it be a limitation of the Raspberry Pi version of Mathematica? Or are there other potential reasons for it? Can anyone with a RasPi using Mathematica check if they have the debug menu?

 

[jedishrfu]

I found this article on Mathematica on the Pi being the student version.

https://www.theregister.com/2018/10/17/raspberry_pi_loses_mathematica/

So maybe the debugger has been disabled purposely forcing people interested in that feature to buy a more robust version of the product.

 

[Swamp Thing]

From this discussion it would appear that they aren't deliberately limiting any feature.
https://community.wolfram.com/groups/-/m/t/157817
It's likely more a question of just getting round to doing any extra work that a feature might need (over and above just compiling the regular code for the Pi). Maybe debugging needs extra work for each hardware & OS combo?

We're still working very hard on this product and platform, though, so it should approach parity with the main product over time.
- Alex Newman, Wolfram Research, Inc.

 

[jedishrfu]

Could be. I know some vendors develop betas on a future platform giving them away free until they have version 1.0 and then its pay time. Every vendor's business strategy is different so you'll just have to wait and see.

MATLAB is a perfect example of giving students access at $100 a copy and then when they start working their companies foot the bill which is considerably higher buying department-wide or site-wide licenses.