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Re: lack of interest in basic stamp and basicx
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 23 Nov 1999 20:41:04 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Jonathan Perret) writes:
> I don't mean to say that NQC is not an outstanding tool, I just
> don't understand why people who are ready to mess with electronics
> to build homemade sensors don't take the plunge and code directly
> to the metal...
Let me give you my reasons: right now, legOS is difficult to set up and get
running (at least 0.2.2 from W98), while I experience Forth a little "strange"
yet (= a totaly different metaphor, it takes time to adjust to it).
Adding to that, it is a challenge in itself to make something useful with a
clumsy tool! ;-)
take care
/Vlad
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| (...) I can't speak about LegOS, but I thought this about FORTH too, and it aint so. Once you get over the syntax it’s a straightforward procedural language. Jonathan Knudsen’s book has a good chapter on it that I found very helpful in getting (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) What I've always wondered about the Basic Stamp is why anyone would want to use Basic to program an microcontroller. I love Basic but when coding for a robot I want to take full advantage of the hardware, and that means programming it in Forth (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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