28-03-2014, 22:53
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foote stepped in
AKA: E. Foote
 FRC #0868 Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Rookie Year: 2005
Location: Noblesville, IN
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Re: Java vs Labview
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Originally Posted by Greg McKaskle
Surprise, surprise, I have a story. I think it was my second assignment at college, and it written in C and was probably supposed to read a file, sort the contents, and blah, blah, blah. But the professor wanted to make a point, so we were only allowed to use if's and gotos. No else's, no for's, no whiles, no switches, etc. Try it sometime. It really makes you appreciate structure and modern language features.
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That challenge sounds a bit like the LED cube we (me and a couple others) programmed in assembly for an end of semester microprocessor project. I've never taken a compiler for granted since.
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