Idea: Visual NXC

[sidneys1]

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Excellent product, and they are very open to student licensing

Have a nice day,
~Sidneys1

[HaWe]

just curious:what's actally "floating point integer"... 8-)

It was an attempt to make the 'float' type understandable.. A new user seeing the word "float" isn't going to understand what it means.. I may just call it a "decimal" though, even though it's technically incorrect.

maybe a "floating point number" or a "rational number" ? (I guess it's the same in English as in German or in French (nombre rationnel) - every pupill since Primary School will know what that means).
I don't know how it sounds in English or in French, but for me "floating point integer" sounds like a contradiction in terms (integer = in a whole, undevided, in a state of integrity).
(absolutely not important, just my 2ct)

[muntoo]

I may just call it a "decimal" though, even though it's technically incorrect.

"Real number"? Sounds retarded to C++ programmers, but it should be more recognizable to those who've taken Grade 9 math. (At least, where I live...)

EDIT: I just read Doc's post. Rational is a bit more accurate.

[sidneys1]

Still working on finishing the Enum and Struct editors Got them playing nice with each other! Still trying to decide what to call floats.



Have a nice day,
~Sidneys1

[HaWe]

Still trying to decide what to call floats.

what's your problem with this subject?
How do you call non-integers at school in the US?

set of Integer Numbers : Natural Numbers / Positive/Negative Integer Numbers
the rest is:
set of Rational Numbers (which can be representated as a fraction a/b of two integers)

and the other sets which cannot:
Irrational Numbers, Real Numbers, Imaginary Numbers, Complex Numbers

"decimal number" may be confused with "decimal notation",
"floating point number" is an exponential representation of a subset of Rational Numbers.

You are talking to programmers, not to primary school pupils,
so why "on earth" (as John loves to express himself) don't you use either
the mathematical term "Rational Numbers" (which is almost, but not 100% correct)
- or -
the 100% correct computer science term "Floating Point (Number)" ?

[sidneys1]

the 100% correct computer science term "Floating Point (Number)" ?

Alrighty.. I've changed it to "Floating Point (Number)" and it looks good.

Have a nice day,
~Sidneys1

[sidneys1]

Alrighty guys, some really awesome updates to Visual NXC coming soon! Beta 2 is also on its way - watch out!



Have a nice day,
~Sidneys1

[sidneys1]

Visual NXC Beta 2 (Because I'm considering Alpha 5 as "Beta 1")

Download Installer:

• From the Visual NXC Website (Downloads page)

Just install and play!

New in this release:

• + Added Loop blocks
• + Added mockup real drag-dropping
• + Added nested code output and rendering
• + Added global 'tab string' value
• + Threw together website hastily.
• + Pop-out panes.
• + Added registry-based cached settings structure.
• + Added Navigational Map
• + Enum Integration
• + structs.h and enums.h, as well as their #include statements are working.

Work-In-Progress Features:

• + Struct Constructor
• + Struct Integration

Bug Fixes / Changes:

• * Reskinned Blocks
• * Converted repositories to Mercurial (from Subversion)
• * Updated misc. glass functions to work better with Windows 7
• * Improved website
• * Broke drag-drop
• * Fixed drag-drop again...
• * UI reorganization and resizor grippy recoloring.
• * Small changes to Enum Editor
• * Icons for code output

Enjoy!

Have a nice day,
~Sidneys1

[mcsummation]

I downloaded VisualNXC. Before the installer would even run, I had to install .NET v4. After I got that mess installed, your installer goes through its process, then stops with, "The installer was interrupted before Visual NXC could be installed. You need to restart the installer to try again. I rebooted, then tried it twice, getting the same error each time.

Edit: I'm running WinXP Pro SP3.

[mattallen37]

Worked fine for me on Win 7 64-bit Home Premium.