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hi all. first post here. i'm sure this doesn't happen often, but my reason for buying the ris 2.0 system is because a friend told me it'd be a fun intro to computer programming. as i eagerly await shipment of my kit, i'd like to pick your brains for (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I think quite a few people bought it for that reason. (...) Hmmm - hard call. NQC is "real" computer programming - the language you are using is "Not Quite" the language that a vast percentage of modern software is written in. If you master (...) (21 years ago, 14-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmail.net> wrote on 09/14/2003 01:53:12 AM: (...) straight (...) Interesting. I would have given the exact opposite advice! :) I would spend some time with the kit exactly as Lego intended. The environment that they give you (...) (21 years ago, 14-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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I'd have to agree with Tim. I first started using the Lego software. Through it I learned the basics of programming. I then moved to NQC after I started getting into situations where the Lego software was too restricting for me. There's a couple (...) (21 years ago, 14-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) You can also check out "Gordons Brick Programmer". Search for that exact text string on Google and I think you get to the download site. It gives you access to most of the RCX firmware functions without having to learn a procedural language (...) (21 years ago, 14-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) For people who have already done a little programming (especially in Java or C), NQC is very easy to pick up. However, NQC isn't a good first langauge. The problem is that you're trying to learn two things at once: how to break an idea down (...) (21 years ago, 16-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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