What language do you use?

[Hitchhiker 42]

What programming language do you use to program your robot? I'm interested to see the distribution of people.::safety::

[cjl2625]

Our team uses LabVIEW... but I'm quite hesitant to say "LabVIEW is the best"
My heart yearns for text!

[virtuald]

You forgot Python. Obviously the best. :)

[JohnFogarty]

Our team uses LabView, and I'm growing to like it. I just enjoy text programming better.

We do use some Java and Python too for our vision processing system.

[team-4480]

You forgot Python. Obviously the best. :)

+1000

I really enjoy using Python. Dead simple to use. I tried Java and it just didn't click with me.

Plus, it is just cool to do something different from the normal languages.

[Jaci]

Since the options are kinda limited.

Java / Kotlin / C / C++ (https://github.com/FRC5333/2016-Stronghold)

[Jared Russell]

This season our robot code repositories contain Java, C++, C, JavaScript, and Bash.

[dubiousSwain]

My team uses labview, but every now and then I get a chance to use an actual language when I code for the co-processor.

[TimTheGreat]

Python. Simple, comes with built-in sim + tests, and StatefulAutonomous is a god.

[Alan Anderson]

LabVIEW.

I was worried about how well it would work when NI started supplying the control system, but I've come to like it a whole lot for the kind of stuff we do. It's extremely well supported, with great examples, and it's really easy to have a group of students looking at the code.

[blarson001]

Perl all the way.

[vScourge]

Python

[dmelcer9]

Fortran 77, though when we need it to run fast, ASM does the job well.

[virtuald]

Fortran 77, though when we need it to run fast, ASM does the job well.

Are you using our fortran package (http://www.tortall.net/~robotpy/feeds/2016/), or did you compile it yourself? :D

[The0range]

Our team uses C++ for our vision system and Java for control

[acastagna]

Java :]

[techhelpbb]

COBOL:

http://www.automationworld.com/manufacturer-uses-opc-integrate-legacy-control-b-controllogix-robotic-controller

Oh you mean an FRC robot...:D

[Chase Haddleton]

Our team uses Java for everything robot related, and we're currently using PHP for the creation of our scouting site/API.

[414cnewq]

I converted my team from Java to C++.

[KJaget]

What programming language do you use to program your robot?

At this part of build season, mostly foul language.

We use LabView for the robot and C++ w/OpenCV, Caffe, Eigen3 and some other libraries for vision processing. We have python, perl and bash scripts as part of the build process. Also some Excel / VB code for physics modeling, which is a real treat let me tell you.

[Jalerre]

Our team found traditional languages to much to slow for our purposes so we just write directly in machine code.

[rponmalai]

Our team exclusively uses Malboge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malbolge) :P

[AlexanderTheOK]

Our team exclusively uses Malboge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malbolge) :P

I've personally found Brain***k (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain$@#$@#$@#$@#) to be much more minimalist, allowing for faster loops for PID control.

I'll also have to give an honorary mention to Befunge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Befunge) Quite possibly the best language for autonomous navigation programming, and indespensable for swerve drives.

[techhelpbb]

WS:

[GreyingJay]

At this part of build season, mostly foul language.


On Wednesday we held a session for our autonomous subteam to work on their code. The following exchange took place:

Student (so frustrated that I was fearing for the safety of nearby untethered objects): "I just don't get why..... *pause* RAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Me, to other mentor: ".... that sounds like learning."

(We use Java.)