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Originally posted by Curtis Williams
I've been thinking about writing an annotated copy of the default program with explanations for rookie teams. So many teams using default programs....it makes me cry. Last year (my rookie year) I spent 2 days just staring, absorbing the code. A weekend of isolation, surviving only on Dr. Pepper and pizza. This should not be requeired of rookie teams.
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do that many teams use the default code!?! i'm on a rookie team, and we didn't. when the 6 weeks started, the two juniors who were supposed to code dropped the team, so me and another person (SuperDanMan), who were just supposed to learn the code this year and program next year, sat in front of a computer for about an hour or two, and learned just about every line of the default code. that very day, we then procceeded to modify it, and by the end of the build period, had completely altered everything that we knew how to. the only thing we couldn't figure out, that we needed this year, was the uP initilization. we left that as it was.
i just don't see why rookie teams don't make thier own code. even though i've only been taking C++ since this year, and Dan's been taking VB since last year, C++ since this year, we managed to make our own code. sure, we scrapped the default, but that's what it's there for. it's called PBASIC for a reason, if you take the time to learn it, it's basic! it's actually a lot easier than C++, if you only have a little knowledge in either, but i like C++ better, cause you can do many more things. all rookie teams attending nats should send their best math/logic person/people to the conference. i know i'll be there.