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Subject: 
Why Java for Robots
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:47:35 GMT
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PeterBalch <PETERBALCH@stopspammersCOMPUSERVE.COM>
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Laurent Desnogues wrote:
How would you tell your C compiler that the real range of the
color sensor is 0..4 and not 0..3?  No static analysis will
get that!

I wouldn't use C. I'd use a language that has sub-range types and I'd
_tell_ the compiler the range of the color sensor.

Peter



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  Re: Why Java for Robots
 
(...) Perhaps the best answer is to have the sensor tell you itself. You do this with "tagging memory" associated with each sensor and actuator. This is similar to IEEE1451, the smart sensor spec. We have developed and are using such a scheme on (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)

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