[Jake M]

If you've got the time needed, which isn't much, learn C. It's quite easy to learn, especially considering how much tutorial material is out there, even outside of FIRST, and it's definately the most powerful for FRC programming. Assembly is definately usable, but it'd be overkill unless you wanted to write your own versions of the FRC libraries, or the Process_Data_From_Master_uP() function, or something to that effect.

As for converting from Java to C, I've never heard of anything, and I don't see why anyone would take the time to make it. ThienAn, considering how much time we have before the build, just over a month, I'd go buy a book on C, or go find a handful of C tutorials to read on the internet (CProgramming.com is good). Even more helpful would be to take a look at last year's default, and even test it out on an old RC, with Dashboard, if you have one available. Of course, I don't know if there are any other projects you're working on before the season starts.