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Re: I'm passing the NQC torch...
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Tue, 11 Nov 2003 07:26:08 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, Dave Baum wrote:
> NQC version 2.5r3 has been released:
> http://www.baumfamily.org/nqc/release/index.html
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> This is my last release of NQC. John Hansen will be maintaining NQC in
> the future. John has done some great work with BricxCC, and has plenty
> of energy and good ideas for improvements to NQC. He is primarily a
> Windows programmer, so he could use a little help on the Linux and Mac
> builds in order to keep NQC portable across all three platforms.
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> The first version of NQC was released 4 years ago. Its beginnings were
> quite humble - just a quick hack so that I could program my brand new
> RCX using something more comfortable than Lego's drag-and-drop software.
> Originally I had no plans to release NQC, but a good friend of mine
> (Rodd Zurcher) persuaded me not only to release the executable, but also
> to make it free software and release the source. Over the following
> months NQC became much more popular than I could have imagined. Working
> on NQC over the years has been both challenging and rewarding. I am
> thrilled that I have been able to contribute to the Mindstorms
> community, which has always been friendly, cooperative, and supportive.
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> Over the last year or so, I feel I have reached a plateau with NQC. I
> don't play with Mindstorms much anymore, and I haven't been motivated to
> make any major enhancements to NQC in a long time.
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> John is bringing some much needed enthusiasm to the project and I expect
> we'll see a lot of new NQC features in the coming months.
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> Dave
Thank you so much Dave.
Just to let you know that I decided to enter the MINDSTORM world because of your
NQC.
In Japanese we say "Gokurosama deshita !".
Best regards,
Liem PH
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