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In lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking, Ralph Hempel wrote:
> Alexis Morris wrote:
> > Hi there:
> >
> > I've been trying to find a method of coding the NXT using C, however the
> > existing languages available, such as RobotC, or NBC/NXC etc all seem to be
> > C-like languages and not ANSI C.
> >
> > This seems to be the trend, but does anyone know why plain C code can't just
> > compile and run on the NXT (using the appropriate ARM cross-compiler)?
> >
> > Additionally, the C-ish NXT programming options are using the VM approach,
> > although I can't say whether it's because it's too difficult to use ANSI or not.
>
> There's no reason you can't compile straight ANSI C and run it on
> the NXT. I was doing it last year and ran an ATMEL sample program that
> turned the NXT into the world's most expensive 256K (not M) Flash
> drive :-)
>
> The hard part is using the LEGO code, linking into your application, and
> having your bot do something useful - and then debugging it when
> something goes wrong. And something WILL go wrong.
>
> What the VM approaches let you do is keep a fairly well-known and
> tested chunk of code in FLASH and then put your robot behaviour into
> RAM.
>
> Any of the alternative programming languages will let you do
> this. If you're stuck on C, then Robot C is probably the best bet
> since it has a custom VM that runs much faster than the standard
> one from LEGO.
>
> If you want to actually compile and run code on the brick, then my
> pbLua firmware might be a good choice.
>
> Cheers, Ralph
Hi
Thanks for the fast response,
I think I'll have a look at the pbLua firmware. What I am working towards is a
method of running Haskell programs on the NXT by converting to C bytecodes
first.
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