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Re: Calling Out All Programmers

840 used LabView last year, and switched to C++ this year.

The one veteran programmer on our team last year opted for LabView because it seemed easier for newbies to pick up and use. As it turns out, most of the bot was coded by myself and another newbie. We went from no one having any experience with it, to working code by ship date (although nothing advanced), so I guess it worked out.

This year, I pushed for C++ after seeing how simple and beautiful WPILib is (in my opinion) and because I have worked with C++ before. I do foresee some problems passing it on to new members without any coding experience, but at least there's another year for that.
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