I prefer C++ myself, but I'm going to have to learn labview either way because I'll pretty much be the only programmer on my team next year (
subteam leader graduating...) I'd like to give the choice to new programmers about which one they want to use, and I'll be learning both to help them with whichever one they choose. Also, the simplicity of probing and analyzing video data is very tempting... The best option for me at least, is to hope that NI finalizes their compatibility stuff, so that we get to use vis with dlls interchangeably and vice versa instead of choosing one and sticking with it..