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Emily Horsman
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Re: Advantages of each programming language

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Originally Posted by andreboos View Post
Java and C++ compile and deploy much faster than LabVIEW, or at least that was the case last year. We use C++, and it takes 5-10 seconds to compile and 3 to deploy our code, which really cuts down on programming development time. LabVIEW takes several minutes. That said, LabVIEW is far easier for beginners at programming.
LabVIEW also has some very nice debugging tools.

Disclaimer: That being said, I use C++ for the robot and this year quite a bit of Java for the dashboard and won't be switching anytime soon.