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Re: BASIC for the NXT was Re: R21 - Robot Status
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Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:04:53 GMT
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Dave Astolfo MDP wrote:
> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno wrote:
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> > I ~would~ BUT......I !HATE! the GUI programing software. (Yes I know it
> > was designed for kids, and I understand that I am not the target audience)
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> > I have built several NXT bots, that have NO CODE, cause I am just not
> > young enough to grok GUI software.
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> Chris,
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> Have you seen/tried RobotC yet? I have been toying around with it (after trying
> NBC for oh... 10 minutes then giving up - Assembly is not my forte) and it is
> much like BriXCC / NQC. C#-based and works quite well. I am in the midst of
> getting a Mindsensors Motor multiplexer working with my NXT (to add a 4th motor
> to DominoBotNXT).. So far so good. More on this later once I am done.
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> Dave
Dave, I did download it, never really started to get into it. I saw it
was trial-ware. While I can appreciate Dick wanted to recoup something
for his effort, I still have a dream.
BASIC for the lego Pbricks.
GUI is great for kids, and C is fantastic for those programmers who use
it. I never learned C, (I tried a few times.) I’m sorry, but Basic is
what I know, and for me I find it comes very naturally. Its not the
best language, nor the most powerful, but in my mind, fits the bill for
a mid level text language. More than a gui, not so hard to grasp as the
more powerful C languages.
10 Print "hello world"
20 goto 10
Even if you are not a programmer, you can grasp what that code will do.
While not proper, C and not the same function as the above example, this
next bit of code is not as natural for me.
program generic {
output A on 1
main{
power A 1
on [A ]
}
}
Take a look at many of the microcontrollers out there. BASIC Stamp,
BASIC Atom, PICBASIC (to name 3) there is a reason someone chose basic
as a language for the hobbyist. I don’t want this to turn into a tread
of what language is best. no one language is best. I know what I would
like; I just don’t have the skill to create my own language.
Chris
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