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(...) Lego's usage of the terms'local' and 'global' is a little different than what most people expect. In the RCX, global storage is available across all tasks while local storage is avaialble per task. This is different from the more traditional (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) Remember that the RCX has no stack or heap. This means that, effectively, there is no memory pool from which to allocate things. Here, 'local' means belonging to the current task not the current function, and the number of tasks is fixed (at (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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Hi John, (...) Yes ! Using more tasks you will get more local space (for each task 16). So maximum number of variables is 32+(16*10) = 192 (...) That's how NQC is handling memory for local variables in functions, subroutines, tasks. Local has a (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) this (...) only (...) variables (...) the (...) From my understanding of NQC, the compiler automatically selects the most suitable location to store variables. Global variables are obviously always allocated in one of the 32 global storage (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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When using the RCX2 target, the NQC manual (Section 2.2.4) states that 32 global variables, and 16 local variables (per task) are allowed. Does this mean that the whole program can only have 48 variables total when using only one task, ie. "main" , (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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John Hansen wrote: > In lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, Stef Mientki writes: > >>I know the cause, you know the solution ;-) >> >>The size of BricxCC when opening the first file, depends on the SIZE of >>the file to be opened. >> 8 bytes, window stays as (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) Yes that's exactly what I'm trying to say !! To day I had an even stranger experiences: 1. the size of BricxCC became smaller after opening the first file, still depending on the size (or is it the content) of the file 2. in one of the tests I (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) Well, I'm stumped. I cannot get the behavior you describe to occur no matter how hard I try. I'm not sure what you mean by "I know the cause, you know the solution". Have I understood your description of the problem correctly? Are you saying (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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hi John, thanks for your attention. I know the cause, you know the solution ;-) The size of BricxCC when opening the first file, depends on the SIZE of the file to be opened. 8 bytes, window stays as it is 256 bytes, blows the window up to about (...) (23 years ago, 18-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) I can't duplicate this behavior. I think it might have something to do with those pesky DSK files (maybe?). Can you check to see if the files listed in your recent file list have associated desktop files (*.DSK)? Thanks, John Hansen (23 years ago, 18-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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hi John, everything seems to work fine now, I couldn't get it slowed down. A funny effect, everytime you start BricxCC, it sizes to the previous size, ok. Now opening a file (from the recent file list), BricxCC fills the whole screen. Thanks for the (...) (23 years ago, 17-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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Hi John, I've played a bit with 3.3.3.8 release, and I didn't experience slowdown (it needs confirmation, but you seem to have fixed that!) The new installer went fine on my machine. I miss a feature: some mean to conveniently switch between open (...) (23 years ago, 16-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) I'll let you know... (...) My sanity thanks you! (...) Thanks again! (...) You never fail to impress me with the speed of your updates. Don't tell my employers though, they'll expect the same from me. ;-) Matthias Jetleb (23 years ago, 16-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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I am hesitant to announce that I've uploaded a new version of BricxCC to my website. This release comes in a full-featured install executable. As a result the download is a bit larger (i.e., 1.6MB). This release hopefully will fix the problems some (...) (23 years ago, 16-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) This is great! I'm glad more than one user is experiencing this as that makes it more likely I'll be able to figure out the problem. Can any of you three who have reported this problem run a few tests for me? I haven't yet been able to (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) Whoops. I totally screwed that up. I apparently put an old EXE in the ZIP file. I need to seriously improve my configuration management! :-) Sorry about the mixup. I'm not going to release again until I'm sure I've tracked down and fixed the (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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This is my dilemma: I work for an organization that encourages schools to teach engineering through the RIS using NQC. I'm creating very detailed instructions on how to install NQC and using firmware, etc. Now since this is a package of information (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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Yes, it is available here (URL) (along with a firmware download program - this one is Windows only) Philo www.philohome.com (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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Is there a firmware version available that I can get for free that will work with NQC on any platform (Mac, Win, Linux)? Thanks Jenny (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: BricxCC release 3.3.3.7
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O.K. Well this is good news (sort of) I thought it was just me and my maxed-out P133 that had this problem. I sent an email to our favorite programmer on the weekend concerning it, but I was still not sure it was me. It appeared to me that the (...) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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