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Re: Smart or not??????

Well, if a decision hasn't been made yet (you did say the team was just considering it), then I would suggest setting up an off-season trial. Take last year's robot and reprogram it in java!. That will help give both you and your team a good feel for what the difference is.

I would also ask what is driving the change. Is the school introducing a programming course in java? Is it because you have a mentor that feels more comfortable with it? Is it because you see other teams around you using it? Is it because you perceive there to be some feature with java that you can't get with labview? Big changes like this don't happen in a vacuum, find the driver behind it and put up a pro's and con's list for everyone to consider.
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