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Re: Programming languages
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Thu, 15 Feb 2001 08:06:56 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Ben Erwin writes:
> I can only speak from experience about programming >languages that use the standard firmware, since >that's all I've used.
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> *Spirit.OCX (I've used VB and J++): The worst way to >program in the standard firmware. non-intuitive
> syntax (even if you replace the numbers with >variable names). lot's of ugly periods hanging >around. I only learned/used this when I was making >VB programs for all of the robots in my book and >putting them onto the CD-ROM. Other than that I
> never use it. I'm sure some of the GUI interfaces >that people have made for use with the Spirit are >pretty good, but I haven't checked them out for more >than a minute each.
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> *RCX Code: Graphical. OCX dependency. The easiest >way to write a quick-and-dirty sequential, >simple-multitasking, and simple looping kinds of >programs. Not good for much else. Good for kids >with low motor skills/attention span. No variables >(yet) besides a simple counter.
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> *NQC: There are some things that you can do with NQC >that you can't do with ROBOLAB (I'm not sure exactly >what - maybe someone else can elaborate). Good
> if you're already used to C. I first learned NQC >when I translated all of Dave's programs for his >first book into ROBOLAB for his CD-ROM (check 'em >out, I included jpg's too). It took me a week, and >it wasn't a pleasant experience because I find >ROBOLAB much more intuitive.
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> *ROBOLAB: Graphical, like a flowchart. Written in >LabVIEW. No OCX dependency.
> The best standard firmware solution in my _biased_ >opinion. There are things that you can do with >ROBOLAB that you can't do with NQC (in an >out-of-the-box sense): Internet Communication, >Graphing, Calculations on Data, Turn programs
> into Web pages, etc. Very intuitive.
Dont forget Gordon's Brick Programmer (GBP)
(though I still have to figure out what routines, tasks and etc. are)
--Electro--
> For non-standard-firmware languages, there is YBL >(yellow brick logo) from the media lab, legOS, >pbForth, ... ??
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