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Unread 17-04-2008, 16:34
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Re: NEW 2009 Control System Released

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Originally Posted by Tom Line View Post
Initial impressions....

If you haven't done Labview before, it's a total shift in thinking when you program. I'm not sure I like being semi-locked into the environment. IF that is what ends up happening.

The teams who can afford to pony up the $$'s for the extra system for a practice bot are going to be hugely ahead of the curve next year. The handful that can pony up cash for a system right now are going to be downright scary.

So - I'm excited about the potential, but nervous about potentially being locked into a development environment that I've never been particularly fond of. I wonder - how many school have classes with Labview.....
I share nearly all of your sentiments.

I don't consider the proprietary Labview Real-Time environment to be anything even close to mainstream and it appear that all of FIRST is now wedded to the Labview programming paradigm. I see little more than lip service to the C/C++ development possibilities. We'll see what shows up in the next few weeks.
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