On Sat, 4 Oct 2014, sam sokolik wrote:

> Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2014 16:00:47 -0500
> From: sam sokolik <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
>     <[email protected]>
> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Conditional code- GOTO
> 
> You also forget to mention that to get the industrial version of mach4
> you are going to pay $1000 -$2000.  (which isn't that much but a whole
> lot more than zero...)
>
> If you go for the 'hobby' version of mach4 you don't get the fanuc style
> macroB language extensions.  So as I under stand it - you are stuck with
> the mach3 style language that has no conditionals and such (ie -
> linuxcnc before owords - which is what Art started with).  $200+ more if
> you want the printer port module - otherwise you need to buy external
> motion hardware.  (which is usually more than mesa, pico or other
> linuxcnc supported hardware with less flexibility)
>
> I still get a kick out of 'needing to be a programmer' to use
> linuxcnc..   Mach4 is supposedly a lot more flexible to modify. Guess
> what you have to use - lua - a microsoft programming language..  Before
> that you had to use 'brains' which was some sort of vb like language..
> I just don't understand..  I have setup many many machines without
> having to do any 'programming' with linuxcnc.
>
> Correct me if I am wrong..  (my rant must be on today)
>
> sam
>
>

lua is not related to Microsoft AFAIK

http://www.lua.org/about.html


Peter Wallace
Mesa Electronics

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