Rube Goldberg Code

[altenbach]

There are many ways to take the row average of the first four rows of a 2D array.

One of the most inefficient ways would be to use "delete from array" four times in a row, slicing the 2D array up like a sushi chef ... or we could just use an autoindexing FOR loop. (if the 2D array is known to have four rows, we don't even need to wire the N).

Spotted here.

[SteveChandler]

Ok I don't have a Rube Goldberg example here but I heard a question that would indicate that a really good one is in the making somewhere.

I was in an online LabVIEW class and someone asked if the number of front panel windows that could be open was 32 bit or 64 bit bound.

[F._Schubert]

I guess this'll be a limit imposed by the OS and not by LV.

Felix

[JÞB]

I'm Thinking youl'd run out of memory with 65K+vis (unless they are really doing nothing)

[SteveChandler]

Or the limit is imposed by physics. I don't think there are enough pixels in the universe to open 2^64 front panel windows

[LV_Pro]

In the Antaran HD specification there are. And with the LabVIEW 3D environment it becomes somewhat easier.

[SteveChandler]

I have been having too much fun reading this thread. I have not seen all the posts yet but I will.

I took all the code out of a real example except for the method of exiting the program. There are a couple of problems with it. I don't think you can call this Rube Goldberg code. It's more like Forrest Gump code.

[James_W]

"Forest Gump code" - I like it.

When you say you took all the code out of the real example execpt for the exiting method, does this mean you took out the timing part where "Forest" was allowed a rest? or was it just "Run Forest, Run!"?

[altenbach]

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SteveChandler wrote:

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My mama always said you should also add a "quit LabVIEW" primitive to make triple sure things come to an end.

[JÞB]

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@James W wrote:

"Forest Gump code" - I like it.

When you say you took all the code out of the real example execpt for the exiting method, does this mean you took out the timing part where "Forest" was allowed a rest? or was it just "Run Forest, Run!"?

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"Stupid Locals is as stupid locals does Forrest."-