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Re: Why java is (not) bad for Mindstorms
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 23 Jan 2006 19:33:26 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, PeterBalch <PeterBalch@compuserve.com> wrote:
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> Kev
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> > My guess is that it is not possible for the official language can be everything
> > to eveyone.
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> Why not?
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> Why couldn't the original RIS language interface have had a button to press
> which converted your program to a textual form like a conventional
> language? And this textual language had all the extra goodies that hackers
> want?
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> Simple is good for beginners. Complex is good for hackers. But does there
> have to be a divide? Does the learner have to jump from one to the other?
> Can't there be a smooth path where you hardly notice the change as you grow
> from being a kid to a guru? How many kids made the jump? How many more
> would have become experts if only there hadn't been a cliff to climb?
> Seymour Papert put (and still puts) a great deal of passion into arguing
> for a smooth uphill path. He's convinced me.
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> Peter
Text vs. graphical is one aspect of a language being all things to all people.
Another is interpreted vs. compiled code. Steve's Hassenplug required compiled
code to get the speed required for balance. Nothing stops there from being
both.
Personal tastes. I like C/C++. Others might like Java, or Pascal, or Fortran,
forth, lisp, or APL....... I think this one is insurmountable.
If you can define a universal language that can be everything to everybody, I'd
like to invest in your IP. LOL!
Kev
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| Kev (...) everything (...) Why not? Why couldn't the original RIS language interface have had a button to press which converted your program to a textual form like a conventional language? And this textual language had all the extra goodies that (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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