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Re: intro and question
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lugnet.robotics
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Sun, 16 Jun 2002 19:54:27 GMT
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Jim Choate <RAVAGE@EINSTEIN.SSZ.nomorespamCOM>
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On Sun, 16 Jun 2002, Steve Baker wrote:
> Learning to program on an 'embedded system' like a robot is really much
> harder than learning on a conventional computer system because the only
> way you have to see what's going on is by looking at what the motors
> do in response to the sensors.
I have to disagree strongly. Learning to program is hard, irrespective of
the system. Whether the system is embedded or not doesn't effect the
control structures, data structures, and algorithms that a programmer must
learn.
I learned on a system I built from parts in 1976 that was 6800 based and
had a whopping 256 bytes of RAM.
Learn on what you got.
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When I die, I would like to be born again as me.
Hugh Hefner
ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com
jchoate@open-forge.org www.open-forge.org
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| (...) The problem with learning on an embedded system is not *what* you have to learn - its *how* you have to learn it. If you make any of a dozen basic programming mistakes on an RCX, what's going to happen? Well, maybe a motor will turn on when it (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Well, without doubt the most popular programming language for RCX (apart of the original Lego software) is NQC. It's easiest to use and most commonly seen - which means there are the most people out there to help you. However, if you really (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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