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Re: Java vs C++

There have been lots and lots of posts about the C/C++ vs Java, the search bar is your friend. I've been in the software business for a long time, so in the last decade I've probably read 1.2 million articles and posts on the same subject.

Given a choice of all the software out there at this point I'd do either the Lua or Python implementation, most likely the Lua one since I have experience with Lua in other applications.

Reasons: the long download and build times for Labview, the concept of doing a FTP download and having code ready to run is good.

Being able to write short modular code helps. I've never been happy with the way Labview code is intertwined.

All I can say for sure is "Know the Language You are Writing In Before Build Season Starts". January is not the time to learn a new language, new environment, new way of doing things.
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