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Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/Java and Orbit Balls
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Originally Posted by Uberbots
I'm a C man. i need to know what is happening with my code at all times. It helps ( me) with debugging and low-level optimizing a lot.
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In my experience, when pointers are no longer part of the equation... There is a LOT less debugging that ever needs to be done. And the debugging that does need to be done is usually simplier. When code crashes there is a traceable route to it rather then having a line of code in a random unrelated location in a separate thread give unidentifiable errors in the code running at this moment.
Granted the rules with Java references can get odd at times as well.
Honestly, working on a team where the school has no programming courses at all, I welcome being able to work with the kids using an industry standard language that does not involve having to address pointers and pointer arithmetic. Labview is not bad, but I see it as a niche product. C++ and Java have a much wider user base.
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