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Re: NQC for sale?
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Date: 
Wed, 7 Jan 2004 18:07:11 GMT
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This is a C-based programming trainer CD is from the Robotics Academy at
Carnegie Mellon. I haven't seen this one in paticular but own a couple of others
from them. It is a great resource for teachers just starting out in robotics. I
think the NQC binary is included merely for the convenience of having it all in
one place. A preview is available on their website.

http://www.rec.ri.cmu.edu/education/roboticscurriculum/programmingusingnqcorintegratedc.htm

<snip>
...Interactive C, whatever that is.
<snip>

IC is another C environment popular in Handyboard circles.

<snip>
On the plus side, if the CD is good, then perhaps more kids will be able
to play with NQC and learn something beyond the graphical RCX Code and
Robolab programming.  That's a very good thing in my book.
I'll probably get flamed for this but has anyone ever thought about adding a
graphical flowchart element to NQC to help those kids make the transition
between graphical environment and code.

James
http://robotics.megagiant.com



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(...) wonder whether they actually ever mention "BricxCC" directly or whether they simply use it in all their screenshots. John Hansen (21 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)

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(...) I wasn't aware of this, and I doubt I'll see any financial benefit, but I didn't create NQC for financial gain, and there have been ample rewards in other ways. I also don't mind if other people use NQC for some commercial purpose. I haven't (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)

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