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Re: Next Year's code

LabView is certainly cool software, and I'm excited that we have the chance to use it more fully. I'm also very glad to hear that C/C++ will be fully supported by NI.

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Originally Posted by marccenter View Post
For those of you who have only used C/C++ environment, you will be missing out on all of the advantages of a graphical environment, most importantly the ability to debug your software on your desktop. You should be able to create
simple input functions that exercise your code and watch the output's respond.
Believe me, that functionality alone will quickly entice teams to make the switch from text based programming to graphical programming.
Really, you should be able to do this with any programming language. That's the whole point of encapsulation with classes and functions.
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