Thread: "Java, Sun SPOT and the FIRST Robotics Competition"
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Re: "Java, Sun SPOT and the FIRST Robotics Competition"
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Originally Posted by Ice Berg View Post
Can someone who knows more about this me give a few reasons why Java would be better or worse than c++.
In addition to what Greg mentioned I would add checked exceptions which would make it safe to use exceptions in WPILibJ because you can have the compiler force you to handle every exception. I know a lot of Java developers dislike checked exceptions but I believe this is one place where it is useful.
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