On Tuesday 21 August 2007, mgouget wrote:
>Binding EMC2 to a *real* language seems an *excellent* idea to me.
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>RS274 is an antique language. Adding O words, named parameters and special
>comments, although very useful when nothing else is available, is only a
>kludge...
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I highly disagree with that word, its not a 'kludge' but simply is giving
RS274 the same looping and branching abilities the basic cpu is capable of.
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>The only advantage of RS274 is that it is normalised, and that many CAD
>systems generate code for it, so that is the way to go for complex parts.
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>But, for small jobs like surfacing, pocketing or making holes, I found that
>creating gcode is longer that doing the job by hand.
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>Mach3 has wizards for common tasks; the same could be done with EMC. Being
>able to create quick and dirty interactive programs for small jobs would be
>a BIG bonus for me.
Mach3 also I assume, has a cash cow in the form of its sales to be used to pay
programmers to develop favorite functions.
To parrot the oft used phrase, code contributions are always welcome. Usefull
stuff should see the source code finding its way into the wiki at
wiki.linuxcnc.org, or the examples directory of the emc distribution. With
of course, suitable licensing such as the CCL or GPL.
>I am mostly fluent in C, but learning *yet another modern OO-oriented
>language* plus NML and HAL commands is not a big deal.
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>An important point is that we must not shutdown (at least) axis, (and
>possibly) tkemc or minimill (my preferred interface...) when running a
>script; I think that NML and the modular structure of EMC allows for this.
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Agreed, a display of what it is doing seems like a usefull feature.
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>Just my 2 cents...
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And mine. :)
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>Michel
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