[Chris Hibner]

What is "easiest" and "best" is really a matter of what it is that you're trying to do and where your experience lies.

Experience is a huge factor. Ask anyone in the world what the easiest spoken language is, and I'm sure almost everyone will answer that their native language is the easiest, because that's what they have the most experience in, and that is the language that they "think" in.

I know more computer languages than I have fingers to count them on. I have enough experience with languages to know that a) every language is "illogical" or "difficult" or "hard to follow" in many ways just because you're not used to thinking that way when you're new to it, b) every language becomes pretty cool in its own way once you learn the ins and out, and c) there are "different horses for different courses".

So what is "easiest"? It depends on the task at hand. If you have absolutely no programming experience and you want to be able to do some simple things on your robot, LabVIEW wins hands down (at least in the three choices given here). There aren't a lot of syntax peculiarities that you have to learn before you can get going. If you want to do some ultra-complicated stuff, then you can have a debate that no one will ever win.

If I have any advice, it's this: if you have a group of people that are highly experienced in one language, stick with it since that will be the easiest for you. If you have no experience whatsoever, go with LabVIEW.