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Re: FLL not allowing NQC; Mindscript is allowed
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 9 Mar 2005 15:15:10 GMT
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On Tue, March 8, 2005 7:29 pm, John Hansen said:
> In lugnet.robotics, John Barnes wrote:
> > I understand where you're coming from, I assure you. I have an interesting
> > question however.
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> > If a utility was created which converted NQC output byte codes to LASM or Lego
> > RIS "code", which was then loaded as "the controlling" software without the
> > source or creation program being disclosed, how could it be scruntineered?
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> Done. • ...
> So now it is perfectly legal to use BricxCC and NQC in preparation for the FLL
> competitions.
Last night, I went home and opened a "LEGO RIS Code" file in a text editor. Turns
out it's a very nicely formatted Mindscript file.
I'm interested to know if there's a good reason to use NQC, and not Mindscript.
Why do you guys insist on looking for loopholes in the rules?
Steve
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 | | Re: FLL not allowing NQC; Mindscript is allowed
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| (...) Is there a good reason to allow MindScript and not NQC? No. With MindScript and LASM you can do anything you can do with NQC. But there are *very* few experienced MindScript programmers out there to teach the language to FLL team members. (...) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: FLL not allowing NQC
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| (...) Done. (URL) NQC executable contained in this zip can now optionally produce LASM-compliant output in its listing file (with the -c switch). I've tested it fairly carefully but it *may* still have a few bugs. So now it is perfectly legal to use (...) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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