On Wed, 25 Jan 1995, Tim Braun wrote:

> I've been trying to use the "C" compiler from CCS on a real project,
> and have been having some problems.  Is anyone out there using
> "C" on the 16c57?
>

I have both compilers from CCS (PCB and PCM) -- PCB is for the 12bit
instruction family and PCM for the 14bit family.  I have used PCM a lot
more (for 18c84 code) than PCB which I did use to generate code for the
16C57.  The compiler itself is a Borland C++ turbovision application, and
from a user interface/compiler standpoint it is quite buggy.  If you use
nested pre-processor directives like:

#ifdef DEBUG
  #asm
    movlw 1
  #endasm
#endif


It will go into an infinite loop and crash the DOS session.  There are
several things like this.  But if you remember not to do these (and save
your work often if you use the built-in editor) I have found the compiler
to make PIC programming easier and more fun.  You can use assembly
wherever you need to do something optimally, and you can write (IMO) more
readable code than with an assembler only.

Does anyone else use the compiler(s) from CCS.  I wish there was a
command line only version that you could run from a makefile.

Jason Gorden
gorden@jegnixa.hsc.missouri.edu