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  RE: The end of an all-too-brief era
 
They just announced the financial result. Doesn't look too good. They are now focusing on their fundamental ideas, this may or may not include Mindstorms.... (URL) Message----- From: Edwin Quan [mailto:edwin.exe@mac.com] Sent: 7. januar 2004 23:26 (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: NQC's future
 
(...) ;o) ... but why not ? (...) You're right, I should try pbForth, actually I intend to do that for a while but never jumped in. In the late 80's, I was involved in a point of sales terminal project that was programmed with a preemptive (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
 
  Re: So that's the end of Mindstorms then?
 
(...) Not necessarily - that quote is Newswire's opinion of why the company made a loss. It's not part of Lego's press release. The Lego press release refers to 'core values', not 'core products'. It doesn't necessarily mean they're going to go back (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.lego, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
 
  RE: Scout connected to Code Pilot with Fiber Optics
 
I have connected both a RCX and a CyberMaster to a CodePilot (and also to a MicroScout). I don't remember if I tried connecting also a Spybotics, but I think it work too. CodePilot accepts VLL codes but only the *Batch* VLL Commands, to make a VLL (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.codepilot, lugnet.robotics.vll, lugnet.robotics.microscout)
 
  Re: Design by Contract (long post)
 
(...) For more fun with asserts: See if your compiler supports the FILE and LINE macros (or something equivilant). #ifdef NDEBUG #define assert(x) ((void)0) #else #define assert(x) if (x) else assertfail(FILE,LINE); #endif your assert_fail function (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, FTX)


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