Java vs Labview

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Originally Posted by Greg McKaskle

Surprise, surprise, I have a story. I think it was my second assignment at college, and it written in C and was probably supposed to read a file, sort the contents, and blah, blah, blah. But the professor wanted to make a point, so we were only allowed to use if's and gotos. No else's, no for's, no whiles, no switches, etc. Try it sometime. It really makes you appreciate structure and modern language features.

That challenge sounds a bit like the LED cube we (me and a couple others) programmed in assembly for an end of semester microprocessor project. I've never taken a compiler for granted since.