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Originally Posted by Gdeaver
From what I've seen so far the VEX is a work in progress. The programing part has not yet been reveled. The programing environment will show how far the VEX platform can go. This is a tough problem for the developers. To throw the Microchip IDE and c compiler at a mass marketing effort will lead to low sales. A scripting language like the Lego's will leave the real power of the controller untouchable and risk loosing the advanced user. This summer should show more of the capabilities of the platform. I may be flamed for saying this but, I believe a well done basic interpreter would be a good compromise.
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I would argue with you on the scripting language. A well written and well intended scripting language/program like
WPILib or
RoboLab can be extremely powerful. WPILib is more like scripting while still using C (with lots of macros and functions that handles all the hard parts of the Microchip PIC interface stuff) and robolab is simple drag and drop. For more info on WPILib, Brad Miller will be giving a presentation at the FIRST Robotics Conference at the championship. If you go to his presentation, you'll be amazed at how simple it is to implement various sensors etc that take much more effort using IFI's code.