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Originally Posted by sburro
The language on the first robot is c. This is a "scaled down" version of c++. If it is strictly an intrest in First, then C is the way to go. You can not program the controller in any other language.
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C is not a scaled down version of C++. C++ is an object oriented version of C, along with a few other differences. You can most certainly program the robot in another language, and in fact the default code does: it's sprinkled with assembler. The Microchip compiler adheres to the C18 standard, which is a stripped down version of C.
While C is definately the best way to go for FIRST, many other compilers have been written for PICS, but C is the second most common language used on PICs in "the real world". Most PIC applications I've seen are done in straight assembler.