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To add to the C#/Java, they appear to me to be VERY similar syntaxically, with the differences primarily in the library code.

(I've never been a fan of either language, but that's probably because my embedded programming background is used to working without classes and dynamic memory allocation, and I believe that for highly iterative, deterministic systems such as FRC robots, classes and event-driven systems are probably unnecessary and not always helpful).

I'm a fan of the Kinect as a useful cheap robot sensor. However, its current implementation is not as a useful robot sensor, but as an unuseful driver station sensor. If it were to be on the robot end, it would be infinitely more useful than it is right now. I see many teams attempting to drive their robots with the Kinect, which to me is dangerous for everyone involved.

I'll add these words of advice to everyone
DO NOT TRY TO DRIVE YOUR ROBOT WITH A KINECT. ITS A BAD IDEA. DON'T DO IT.