Q1. find some examples of different progarmming languages. what do the languages have in common? if you can help i that will be good

Umm im jes gonna list of a few languages... I dont know how useful it will be to what your doing.. on account of the lack of information regarding the course, etc...

VB script
JAVA
Coldfusion
PHP
HTML
ASP

Just some examples...

Umm similarities... Well ASP and Coldfusion have similarities...

If you're making robots, you're not going to want to use a Markup Language, like HTML or CFML, a meta-markup language like PHP or ASP, or a Markup scripting language like VBscript or Javascript.

If you want a language that has been proven to run on the widest variety of platforms, you might like to check out Java. However, C/C++ is fairly platform independent as well, it just doesn't have a built-in graphics library the way Java does.

What you might want is a low-level language like ASM: Assembly Language. That's a language that's VERY close to what the machine is doing, but also capable of being read and understood fairly simply by humans.

Assuming you have to work with transistors, resistors, and IC chips, they're probably going to want you to work with Assembly, and we will pray God takes mercy on your soul.

Differences between Languages
Assembly:
Machine code. Dependent on Processor.
(No two brands of processor run the same assembly language. Limited number of variables. Computer instructions are sequential; line one comes before line two.)

BASIC:
Beginners Allpurpose Symbolic Instruction Code. Fairly platform independent.
(One program can run on another type of computer with few modifications)
(Most basic languages include very few and very simple one-word instructions, similar to assembly, but easy to understand. Variables limited by computer memory. Computer instructions are sequential; line one comes before line two.)

Java/C++:
Object Oriented Languages. Platform Independent.
(One program can run on another type of computer with no modifications, in most cases)
(Most object-oriented languages include structures that relate to eachother in specific ways. [encapsulate, inherit, abstract, polymorph] Variables are attributes of these objects. Computer instructions are contained in methods the objects use to do things; line one is a part of function one inside object one.)

...ok.... and can you put it in english plz lowell??

HTML, CFML, PHP, ASP, VBS, JS = No.
ASM, BASIC, C++, JAVA = Maybe.

ASM: Programs made of many Lines of text, each with a memory address.
Made of words like ADD, CMP, and INT.

BASIC: Programs made of many Lines of text, usually each with a number or label.
Made of words like PRINT, IF/THEN, and FOR/NEXT.

JAVA/C++: Programs made of many Objects, each with a name, variables, and functions.
Made of functions like PRINTLN(), IF(){}ELSE{}, and FOR( ;; ).

Assembly, Basic, and Java or C++ can all be used, in different cases, to tell robots what to do. (They can all be translated into Machine-Code).

It really depends on the setup in the Robot Project in class. If you're doing it all yourself, it will be pretty difficult to get ALL the stuff you need to make your own robot, not to mention a little expensive.

Whats the thread title name got to do with the thread?

HTML, PHP, ASP, JS are more web sites.
is CFML coldfusion? Cos thats websites aswell.

XML is websites aswell.
Actionscript is used in flash.

>Whats the thread title name got to do with the thread?

His first post asked about programming languages, so I'm assuming he wants to know what languages are, or can be, used in programming robots.

Yeh, but, since when does a year 8 or 9 student have to research something like what the OS of a robot was made in...

hay we are not buliding a robot we are just finding info about 1 we might l8er in the year like in 4 tearm lol ty guys and i am in year 8 lol

Originally posted by kasper699

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hay we are not buliding a robot we are just finding info about 1 we might l8er in the year like in 4 tearm lol ty guys and i am in year 8 lol

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By your typing it looks like year 4.

Yeh, he writes to much like hes talking on WLM, in a group convo, trying to P off as many people as possible

Go download Ceebot. It will teach you to program robots.

This goes for ALL of you.

I have a robot, called cybot.

Could program it to, but not like Ceebot.

i am crap and eng but i am good at maths and computers games

If only compter games were a subject...
Maths i g double-o d

Computer Game Programming 101. They teach it in Portland Colleges. You get to play with Game Maker 6.

I'm sure a lot more places teach about Computer games now.

GM6 registed is awsome as!

What in the United States were you trying to say Bobby. Speak English lol.

GM6 = Game Maker 6.
In the university course im going to go start next year (aswell as Neo), we get to make PS2 games in like the last year. But seing as things change, it could be PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360... or something like that.