Advantages of each programming language

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Originally Posted by basicxman

Memory management is an important topic in Java, the severe memory leak in SmartDashboard this year is a perfect example.

For the purposes of programming a robot in only three days and not testing it until practice day, memory management probably is not their primary concern

cierra_shawe, what programming languages are you or those on your team familiar with? If the answer is "none," I am leaning towards recommending LabVIEW. Not because it is necessarily easier, but because its control structures seem more intuitive than the syntax that comes with Java or C++. If the answer is "some," then I would go with Java, because its WPIlib implementation seems simpler than the C++ implementation, which makes it easier to learn. But I could be wrong about that, since my team uses Java. At least you will not need to be concerned about memory management if you are unfamiliar with it, unless you are doing computer vision, which I do not recommend if you are testing your robot for the first time in a few days!