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Re: NXT and bluetooth enabled phones
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Mon, 16 Jan 2006 23:38:41 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, PeterBalch <PeterBalch@compuserve.com> wrote:

I've avoided Java because, for Windows applications, I'm very happy with
Delphi and, for robots, Java requires a ludicrously huge virtual machine.
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.

I'd learn Java script for web-based applets (if only I could get it running
on my PC) but otherwise, why should I want Java?

Because it is Object Oriented  which allows for greater modularity of code, and
the possibility of debugging chunks of it independently. And if you can put the
top level logic in a its own set of objects, they can be tested on your PC.

Roger



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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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(...) 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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