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Unread 24-07-2013, 12:10
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Re: The One-language-per-year Challenge

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Originally Posted by Gdeaver View Post
The build season is 6 weeks. The programming team is lucky if they get a vetted mechanically robot at the end of week 4. More like the last week or the last week end . Not a time for the programming team to be dealing with a new language. I want our programming team to be up to speed and ready to run hard when the robot is finally ready for them. If we change a language it would have to start in the summer and continue through the fall to be ready for the season.
Exactly. If you do this challenge you SHOULD be preparing before build season starts. That way you are ready when the time comes. Also, it helps if the programming team starts working before the robot is done so that they don't have to do everything in 2 weeks or less.