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Subject:	InterActive C 3.2 or Interactive C 2.8 freeware
Newsgroups:	lugnet.robotics.handyboard
Date:	Fri, 24 Mar 2000 10:17:31 GMT
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Hello Handyboard users and helpers, We are a group of new Handyboard users from Denmark. We are building a non commercial autonomus mobile robot (Programmed via PC)for a competition at a university. We need to know wether we can do with the Interactive C freeware version for this purpose or we definitely need to invest in the commercial Interactive C v3.2 from Newton Labs? What is the differences between the two programs? Sincerely, Thorbjoern

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		Re: InterActive C 3.2 or Interactive C 2.8 freeware
The commercial version of IC offers the ability to declare multidimesional arrarys (with freeware, you only can use single dimensiond arrays), commercial IC allows #includes, and the user interface is somewhat more robust, making debugging more (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)

		Re: InterActive C 3.2 or Interactive C 2.8 freeware
(...) Actually I am using the free version, but you have to be very careful, if you need reliable floating point operations. For example try printf("\n%f",4.1/4.1); and have a look at the surprising result (2.). This is just an example, there loads (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)

		Re: InterActive C 3.2 or Interactive C 2.8 freeware
(...) Just try printf("\n %f",4.1/4.1); and see the surprising result with the free version (2.). You should be really careful, when using floating point operations, 'cause there seem to be loads of these errors. I am not sure, if this problem is (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)

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