CNC G-Code with source, was RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: books on cnc construction

|Are you suggesting that CNC machines do not use software?
|Or possibly that people can not code their own software at home?
|I would imagine that everyone in this group at least has access
|to a computer. And many compilers seem to be far cheaper than even
|the cheapest available commercial CNC code.

Of course, they do. And,you can get some low cost software that comes with
source as follows:

Stepster - Free, Quick Basic (DOS)
TurboCNC - $20, TurboPascal (DOS)
EMC - Free C (Linux OS)

One of the best ways to learn to use any language to write a CNC interpreter
is to study the source code and learn how folks have implemented them. I've
been doing this with TurboCNC and often have made changes in it to suit my
particular programming style.

|I also seem to recall any number of discussions going on about the
|various shortcomings of all the different CNC code options presently
|available. Were all of those off topic as well?

Please note that Bill has declared generic C++ programming (and by inference
any other language) as off topic. Implementing CNC using a particular
language is quite a bit different than generic programming questions. BTW, I
agree with Bill. There are plenty of books available on how to use <insert
favorite language> to write programs.