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Re: Java VS C++ || The Final Decision

My team used Java this year.

As a mentor, I did everything in my power to convince them to use labview, but in the end the students run the team. I think they realized how quickly a source can become convoluted and unreadable when its hacked together at the last second, which is why the mentors tried to advocate labview (less time typing/debugging, more time testing).


Having coded in Java for about 5 years, I know the things that bug me the most about it (no native support for serial communication? no unsigned data type?). In that time though, I've programmed a wide variety of things, enough to understand the importance of interpreted languages (programming an xlet for one cable box, and it'll run on any, or any bluray player. Same with smart phones; runs even though the underlying architecture is completely different).

I don't think that Java is the ideal solution for the cRio, although as far as I'm concerned its just syntax.
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