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Re: Teams who have used or plan to use python for Robot Code

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Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber View Post
There's a debugging and support cost. Java/C++ are very well supported and coming on CD and asking a question nets you a wide group that can answer questions. At events the CSA and likely a half dozen teams know the language and can help you debug. Python has less of a group.
Sure, but to me that wouldn't mean "the students aren't there yet"—that would be "we aren't there yet, as a team, to be able to cut ourselves off from the safety provided by other languages". Which is totally a legitimate opinion! Its why I've never used python in a competitive environment. But don't blame the students yo
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