Re:No-code in manufacturing: automation without programming
by HeyLaughingBoy on Thursday October 07, 2021 @04:48PM
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Saying that it's like assembly is an odd way of phrasing it since a single G code statement can have a huge amount of functionality under the hood. But yes, it's interpreted. In fact, some older machines have very small buffers so you have to "drip feed" them a few lines of G-code at a time.
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Re:No-code in manufacturing: automation without programming
by craftinator on Thursday October 07, 2021 @05:04PM
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I work with gcode on a day to day basis. I understand what the parent poster means about it being "assembly like", in that many of the common patterns of handwriting assembly language are employed when hand writing gcode. It has GOTO statements, lots of analogs for push and pop like behavior, and in some cases you are manipulating raw bits to deal with user input. It is interpreted into machine code as well, as is assembly.
Re:No-code in manufacturing: automation without programming
by HeyLaughingBoy on Thursday October 07, 2021 @05:31PM
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OK, that I can see.