[kamocat]

Maybe I'm putting too firm a boundary between "program" and "operating system". The program is indeed compiled; the operating system is not an interpreter, and so the program is compiled for the processor. I appologize I do not understand how that works, and I do not mean to be misinforming people by making statements about things I do not know.

In re-reading my post, it seems I mixed up the concept of creating code that will run on the Vex controller, and creating code that will function on the Vex controller. If you can get code to run on the Vex controller, it may still be a huge struggle to turn on a digital output.