On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 5:25 PM Andy Pugh <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> > On 29 Nov 2018, at 20:40, Chris Albertson <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > "Hal" is not code?   It is a text file that contains instructons.
>
> It’s a net list. It might look like code but it helps to keep the
> distinction in mind. It is interpreted once before the machine starts.
> Code certainly runs inside the individual modules.
>

Yes kind of reminds by of what the TCL language was ment to be.

>
> > Also, the reason MK is not finding wider application in machine control
> is
> > because every little decision is made by asking "is this needed on a
> > milling machine?"
>
> That seems odd, I think that initially they really wanted to be running
> printers.
>

Printers are very much like mills.   Not much different.   I had hopped to
be able to use MK for robotics with vision feedback and >>6 DOF.

>
> --

Chris Albertson
Redondo Beach, California

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