[daneelshof]

What our team decided to do (which was the least, although still so, controversial) was to focus on using LabView and perhaps secondarily use C or C++ if really get the fire under us going.

My opinion is that LabView is more pragmatic in a sense. There are mistakes that you can make in C that LabView simply won't let you do. There are also many more plug-in style bits in LabView that make things easier.

Also, probably the biggest factor in the decision was that many mentors (especially those outside of the main programming mentors) had experience with LabView. Many people also wanted to learn LabView.