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Re: On the quality and complexity of software within FRC

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Originally Posted by faust1706 View Post
The vast majority of code would get a 'C' at best in an intro to programming class in a high school. So why is no one talking about this?
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You vastly overestimate the rigor of a high school programming class. If you saw the MATLAB code I wrote for my Computing for Engineers introductory college course, I'm sure you'd have a heart attack. When you're not graded on efficiency and don't have to time to make it efficient, why make it so?
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Oh man, this. Here is an entire semester of a highschool Java intro class (with many things done using much better/more advanced than the rest of the class including the teacher did). Even the most basic programming done in FRC would be A material in my school's programming class.
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