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| | | (...) I'm curious too. I'd like to hear both points of view. Kyle, why did you wish you had used it sooner? I've avoided Java because, for Windows applications, I'm very happy with Delphi and, for robots, Java requires a ludicrously huge virtual (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | Re: NXT and bluetooth enabled phones —Yann Vernier
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| | | | | (...) Livescript/Javascrip...ECMAscript has only a passing resemblance to Java. Netscape renamed it for higher buzzword score. (19 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | | Re: NXT and bluetooth enabled phones —Simon Bogaert
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| | | | | | Have you seen the word "applet"? I guess Peter isn't talking in-html scripting, but real java... I'm familiar with both C and Java... I was first introduced to Java, and didn't have real problems with it - it did everything it had to do, and the (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | | | Re: NXT and bluetooth enabled phones —steve
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| | | | | | (...) Take a look at C++ - which has the Java-type Object-Oriented stuff whilst retaining all the things you liked about C. Some people (like me) claim that C++ has the best of both worlds. Other people (mostly Java enthusiasts) claim that it (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | Re: NXT and bluetooth enabled phones —Roger Glassey
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| | | | (...) Not really. Take a look at Lejos. After the VM has been downloaded to the RCX, you have about 14K memory for the Java byte code. Which is enough for some pretty complicated stuff. (...) Because it is Object Oriented which allows for greater (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: NXT and bluetooth enabled phones —Peter Gammie
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| | | | (...) Lejos is not a full JVM - it has no garbage collector, e.g., and the standard library is mostly absent. I doubt Sun would certify it as an implementation of the Java platform. (Not to knock their technical achievement - it is quite impressive (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: NXT and bluetooth enabled phones —Juergen Stuber
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| | | | Hi Peter, (...) no, it can't be. (...) That is the top item on my list to add to Lejos, and on NXT it is possible :-) In Lejos we figured it would have eaten so much memory that there wouldn't have been much point in managing the rest. (...) Yes. On (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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