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Command List:
StarLogo - the Book:
A Side-by-Side Comparison
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Feature
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Publications
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Web Ring
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None
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Yes,
>22 Sites Any for C++.
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Cost
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Free
software. Book is $30.
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Site
Licence is $30. Various books.
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Platform
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Any (Java based).
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Windows only. Any
for C++.
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Time to Get Up and
Running
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1-2 hours.
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2-4 hours.
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Simple Simulations
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Low Difficulty but
Limited Range
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Moderate Difficulty
and Infinite Range
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Medium Simulations
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Moderately Difficult
- Many Impossible
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Moderately Difficult
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Complex Simulations
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Extremely Difficult
- Most Impossible
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Increasingly Difficult
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Advanced Features
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What you see (saw)
is what you get.
Not extensible or scalable. |
Neural networks,
genetic programming, evolutionary programming, genetic algorithms, interfacing
to databases, interfacing to the net, interfacing to sensors, actuators,
and other equipment like smart badges.
Limited only by C++ and the Standard Library. |
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Input
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Mouse. Images, but
not as data.
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Unlimited. Includes
files, mouse, keyboard, database, image data, Internet.
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Output
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Screen capture.
Limited writing to files.
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Unlimited. Includes
files, visuals, sounds, database, Internet.
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Real World Interfacing
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None.
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Unlimited. Includes
video, AD/DA conversion, DIO, wireless, multi-user gaming, Lego RCX microcontrollerx,
instrumentation, etc.
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Space/Time
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Toroidal world.
Flat world with edges very difficult. Agent scheduling sequential or random
without replacement. No true parallel updates.
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Flat, toroidal or
any other conceivable world. Agent or space scheduling, sequential, random
with or without replacement, or truly parallel frame-by-frame updates.
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Commands
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352
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1000s including
the Standard Library and the Windows API...
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Components
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Limited range of
drag-and-drop buttons, sliders, graphs, and colors.
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All the Windows
elements as drag-and-drop components.
85, 225 or 300 plus visual drag-and-drop components. |
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Application Size
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Typically 500k for
an application, 700k for interpreter.
No stand-alone applications. |
Typically 500k for
a stand-alone executable file.
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Power
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Slow - typically
1/100 times the speed or 1/100 times the complexity for the same speed.
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Fast - typically
100 times the speed or 100 times the complexity for the same speed.
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User Community
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Small - Non-Standard
Language
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World Wide - Standard
ExtensibleLanguage
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Target
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Junior high through
undergraduate University.
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High School through
university undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate research, business
and industry.
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User Lists
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One.
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More than 20 for
Builder. More for straight C++.
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Migration to Research
Use
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Non-Scalable, Non-Extensible
and Severely Limited.
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Scalable, Extensible
and Unlimited.
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