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VB for mac.. - latch - 11-11-2010
If I was a Mac user, I would use this language(and Python also of course):
http://www.objective-basic.com/
RE: VB for mac.. - Mark - 11-11-2010
Python is awesome in every way. VB.. not so much.
RE: VB for mac.. - bigsharn - 11-11-2010
VB is THE WORST programming language ever.
THE WORST.
RE: VB for mac.. - latch - 11-11-2010
(11-11-2010, 09:35 PM)bigsharn Wrote: VB is THE WORST programming language ever.
THE WORST.
That's what they say. I've sampled several- I have a degree in computer science. I still like VB for some things- especially RAD. I wrote a tank game for myself in VB while I was in college that was actually difficult to beat because it had a pseudo intelligence that left you uncertain what the enemy tank would do. Getting a webcam image is super easy in VB. Then I crunch the numbers in C and make higher end decisions with Python.
That's the plan anyways. Got VB saving bmps and c reading them and converting them to greyscale using this ratio:
gray = 0.3 x Red + 0.59 x Green + 0.11 x Blue
A few months ago I was doing all of this in VB as well as finding edges and distinguishing horizontal lines from vertical as seen here in action:
[spoiler]
![[Image: edge.jpg]](http://egdahl.com/x/edge.jpg)
[/spoiler]Of course this is all for robot vision which will be the basis for navigation as it is for humans. The real tough stuff will be internal monologue processes guiding priority in accomplishing tasks written in the illustrious, beautiful, and free Python!
Generally, it's the c++ elitist who is really just a follower trying to belong somewhere who have the loudest anti VB voice. People will do anything to feel accepted whether it's real or imagined.
I never listen to them as they are imprisoned by their own close mindedness and I do what I want.