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Re: What language do you use?

C and Assembly for robotics - I'm a low-level guy
C++ when I need compiled OOP capability
JAVA when I want to have portability
Ti-Basic for fun
Dabbled in a few others, few compare to C in terms of versatility and reliability. Plus, several of the major programming languages use a similar syntax to C, so knowing C inside and out has other advantages.

I didn't like Java (and don't think I'd like EasyC) because of its inherent lack of settable pointers - I know, most people think they are the devil, and it's true they can royally screw something up if done incorrectly, but passing something by address is hugely faster than by value.

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ICs do weird things when voltage is run out of spec.

I love to take things apart. The fact that they work better when I put them back together it just a bonus.

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