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Re: About firmwares
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 22 Oct 2001 05:43:24 GMT
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Steve Baker <[sjbaker1@]Spamcake[airmail.net]>
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Juergen Stuber wrote:
> > ...what's *great* about it is
> > that it allows you to write (not-quite) C programs
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> I think it's "not quite" in the control structures
> but "very little" in the data structures.
Yes...and no...the control structures (which include
parallelism) are somewhat more than C has in *some* ways
- but you are certainly right about data structures - which
are limited to 16 bit integers and (with version 2.x firmware)
small arrays. That's not the fault of NQC though - it's due
entirely to the horrible limitations of the Lego Firmware.
> > without having to mess with replacing the firmware.
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> It's not that hard to replace the firmware, and with
> the Lejos firmware you get a really nice voltage display
> for free ;-)
Yep.
Personally, I think a beginner should start with NQC and progress
to LegOS and a full GCC implementation.
I've done that - but NQC is *so* convenient that I still find myself
using it for 90% of the things I do with RCX and Scout controllers.
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| (...) Yes. (...) Yes, I did that too. (...) I'd make that Lejos, and LegOS only if I need that last bit of performance, and I have a lot of time for programming. Jürgen (23 years ago, 23-Oct-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Yes, it's easier to use than Lejos, no doubt about it. (...) I think it's "not quite" in the control structures but "very little" in the data structures. (...) It's not that hard to replace the firmware, and with the Lejos firmware you get a (...) (23 years ago, 21-Oct-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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