BS2 and C++

Fatboyhd2k

Does anyone know if the BS2 will accept C++ code? I have a book called C++:The complete reference and the author, Herb Schildt has a robot he built using a BS2 stamp he says was programmed with C++.
Thanks,
Darryl

CPUMAN

That’s doubtful, as the basic stamp uses a proprietary interpreter from parallax that executes tokens generated by the PBasic compiler.· Maybe
the auther·ment he wrote an interface program in C++·that the stamp communicates with?

So basicly no, the basic stamp can't be programmed in C++. Only in PBasic.

You can however get a C++ compiler for the SX.

Chris

Don

Generally, C++ is not a particularly good fit for many microcontrollers primarily due to the need for a memory manager.· Some folks do it though.· Given the relatively small amount of RAM available on the BS/2 I would say that it is nigh well impossible.··There are a lot of people, myself included,·that program other microcontrollers (AVR, PIC, 8051, etc.) in C.

It is possible that the author to whom you referred has built a specialized program in C++ that runs on another platform (e.g. a PC with Windows or Linux) which generates data that the BS2 uses to control the robot.· It might even generate PBasic tokens for a control program.· It's difficult to conjecture not having seen the book.


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