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Re: Labview vs. C++

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On 2016-07-20 23:57:00 +0000, Tim Wescott said:

> OK.  Neither of the groups to which I'm cross-posting this are
> appropriate.
> 
> But, y'all are smart, and I know who to listen to.
> 
> Problem: I'm working on a proposal for a customer, for an app that's
> going to require heavy computation and is more or less real time*.  The
> guy I'll be working with the closest is pretty much a 100% LabView
> programmer -- he just doesn't _do_ C, or C++, or Fortran.
> 
> The customer wants me to deliver them an algorithm, to which they'll
> write code.  They're pretty firm (for good reason) on wanting to do the
> code in-house, or with local talent.  I'm trying to decide how hard I
> need to push, early on, for the computationally intensive bits to be done
> in C++.
> 
> I just Googled, and didn't find any good references on the relative
> speeds of doing things in some compiled language vs. Labview.  If the
> ratio is similar to what you get in Scilab or Matlab, then they need to
> go with C++.
> 
> So -- anyone know?  Any comments?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> * It's not 100% hard real time, with an "exceed and you die" sort of
> deadline, but after the nominal deadline the slope of the user-crankiness
> vs. delay curve is pretty steep.  Moreover, while _occasional_ delays
> could be tolerated, if the computer just can't keep up then the delays
> will grow ever longer -- and the user ever crankier -- with time.

There is a LabView to C convertor available from NI.  See 
http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/209015

Mike

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Labview vs. C++ Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> - 2016-07-20 18:57 -0500
  Re: Labview vs. C++ spope33@speedymail.org (Steve Pope) - 2016-07-21 00:17 +0000
    Re: Labview vs. C++ Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> - 2016-07-21 12:30 -0500
      Re: Labview vs. C++ spope33@speedymail.org (Steve Pope) - 2016-07-21 18:01 +0000
      Re: Labview vs. C++ Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-21 12:13 -0700
        Re: Labview vs. C++ Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> - 2016-07-21 16:50 -0500
      Re: Labview vs. C++ eric.jacobsen@ieee.org (Eric Jacobsen) - 2016-07-21 20:25 +0000
  Re: Labview vs. C++ jim.brakefield@ieee.org - 2016-07-20 19:11 -0700
  Re: Labview vs. C++ Marcel Mueller <news.5.maazl@spamgourmet.org> - 2016-07-21 07:37 +0200
    Re: Labview vs. C++ "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org> - 2016-07-21 01:20 -0500
      Re: Labview vs. C++ Jack <jack4747@gmail.com> - 2016-07-21 07:11 -0700
        Re: Labview vs. C++ George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> - 2016-07-22 02:23 -0400
    Re: Labview vs. C++ Jack <jack4747@gmail.com> - 2016-07-21 07:08 -0700
  Re: Labview vs. C++ Jack <jack4747@gmail.com> - 2016-07-21 07:18 -0700
    Re: Labview vs. C++ Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> - 2016-07-21 12:37 -0500
      Re: Labview vs. C++ John Speth <johnspeth@yahoo.com> - 2016-07-21 11:22 -0700
      Re: Labview vs. C++ pippo2@disney.com (Jack) - 2016-07-21 23:38 +0200
  Re: Labview vs. C++ Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2016-07-26 10:29 -0500
  Re: Labview vs. C++ Paul Colin de Gloucester <Gloucester@nicht.At> - 2016-08-12 19:59 +0200
  Re: Labview vs. C++ Mike Smith <email@domain.com> - 2016-09-07 20:54 +0100

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