At 8:56 AM 5/22/96, Norm Cramer wrote:
>I don't have experience with the PIC C compilers (haven't been able to
>justify the cost yet), but if I were attempting this with several thousand
>sensors to support, I would much rather do it in C if I could live with the
>overhead (sounds like you can).  Even if the C compiler doesn't have the
>string manipulation libraries, it shouldn't be too hard to add them, or find
>the source for them.  With that many systems to support, and possibly that
>many ISP configurations, IMHO C would save time and money.  The cost of the
>C compiler over the thousands of units would be small, and should be easily
>justified.


Yes, this is all true. I don't mind the cost(s) of using C but would like
to get a feel from developers from their experiences with the current
compilers.