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(...) Ahh, Garbage Collection. <rant soapbox="on" eyes="glazed" dinosaur="true"> In my mind the worst thing that has happened to modern compiler languages is excessive reliance on Garbage Collection. This is analogous to leaving half-empty soda cans (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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Please help. I just recently got a Sharp GP2D12 ir distance ranger plus RCX interface device from mindsensors. It is pretty cool, however I am getting alot of flucuation in the readings and in turn I think that i am losing out on range. The maximum (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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 | | Re: Opening COM port error
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(...) Hi Chris, Thanks for your reply. You're reply confirmed my suspicion about leaving the port object lying around. I think I'll try your first suggestion of 'deleting' the port object at the end of each routine. I hope you dont mind me asking (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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(...) All this talk of patching firmware to correct for problems in rotation sensor readings is very interesting, but I think you may be approaching the problem a bit too directly. First, if the competition rules specify the programming environments (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, Claude Baumann wrote: <snip> (...) The main need is to return to the starting point after completing various challenges. I think the challenges also involve objects at known positions compared to the starting point (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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