Thread: Teams who have used or plan to use python for Robot Code
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Re: Teams who have used or plan to use python for Robot Code
I agree with Kevin that I'd be very hesitant to use a non-compiled language for on-robot code during competition. More and more large web companies are discouraging Python in production code because it is too easy for small errors to sneak past static analysis tools, and achieving 100% code coverage in unit tests is almost impossible. An unanticipated runtime error on a robot could be disastrous.

Using Python during prototyping, as a non-essential process on the robot (ex. logging, web server, etc.) or on the driver station? I'm a huge fan!
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