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Re: Programming swerve drive in Labview?

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Originally Posted by autox_vette View Post
I am an old school programmer, so I tend to be skeptical of the graphical nature of LabVIEW.
You would be wise to let go of your prejudice.

LabVIEW's graphical nature does not detract from its utility as a full-powered programming language. It actually makes it easier to avoid simple typing mistakes -- any problems with the program are typically due to errors in design, rather than silly things like misplaced semicolons. The real distinction is that LabVIEW is a dataflow language, and that trips up a lot of people who think they know what programming is. It turns out that much of what typical structured programming practice is based on relies on the accident of procedural programming having become prominent first. Back up a bit from the textual view of a program, focus on the inputs and outputs of a function instead of the step by step directions for doing everything in order, and it all becomes a lot more clear.
 


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