On jeudi 05 mars 2009, Detlef Faber wrote: > Ncolas, > > I didn't want to comment on your first post, everyone has a bad day > sometimes, but here I like to add my 2 ct anyway. >
> I'm a simple content contributor with very little background in > programming. When I made my first Aircraft (the bf109) I was confronted > with the need to deploy slats automatically at a given speed. I din't > want to embed C++ code or had such a complex script that the error > messages in FG wouldn't help me and I previously only used a bit of > python. I looked at some Nasal scripts and within a few hours it worked. > > I was impressed how easy it is to write even complex Nasal scripts. > Later I started developing the walker feature that made it possible to > walk around in the scenery, all with nasal. Stuart kindly enhanced the > walker and added an animation system to it (see bluebird), again with > nasal. > > Others have made Flight computers with it (see V-22 and Su-37). Nasal is > a worthy tool and you gave no proof that Lua can do the same. > > Given the fact that FG is platform independant I don't know if the > embedded C++ is doing the same on Windows, Linux, PPC and intel Macs. > ( apart from the fact that if I was able to code c++ I would embed it to > FG rather than in an Aircraft specific script). > > A lack of documentation may be the case, but on this list are a lot of > friendly people helping out. > > Maybe there hasn't been a lot of praise for nasal, but I guess the broad > use of nasal, even among JSBSim developers speaks for itself. However, with JSBSim, Nasal or any other script Langage could be mostly avoided. No problem to get an automatic flap, or to get an automatic taxying. Any JSBsim FDM model makers knows it. That Script Langage is becoming necessary when we want to use with some generic features ( instruments, radars ........) which are developed and offered with the base package. > As far as > I know there hasn't been any comments of lacking nasal features (that > weren't added within a short time). > > Finally: I _like_ Nasal! > > > Cheers, > > Nic > > > > -- > > Be Kind. > > Remember, everyone is fighting a hard battle. > > Greetings -- Gérard http://pagesperso-orange.fr/GRTux/ J'ai décidé d'être heureux parce que c'est bon pour la santé. Voltaire ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
