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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

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> > ...Interactive C, whatever that is.
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IC is another C environment popular in Handyboard circles.

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> 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 (23 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 (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)

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