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by DannyBee 653 days ago
Maybe ask instead of asserting stuff?

In this case:

1. You can program them in vscode if you want, or using their IDE

2. Their IDE supports git just fine, and that's what i use

3. The languages, like just about all major PLC vendors, are PLCOpen (IEC61131-3) languages. They are well defined.

Vendors differ in what edition of PLCOpen they are up to, similar to how you'd see differences (in the past) in what version of C++ is supported by an IDE/compiler.

Since PLCOpen is not trying to actively add random crap (like C++ is), it's not really a huge treadmill

4. They all have OPC/other standard ways of data access.