Andy Warren wrote:

>        (*ip)++;
>
>    By the way, it has no trouble parsing the usually-erroneous:
>
>        *ip++;

Looking at this caught my eye.  Is "C" the best language to
implement/program the PIC in?

I guess what spurred this question is the pointer definition above.  For a
lot of the smaller devices, how often are pointers actually used and what
are the advantages?

I would like to see a compiler that used automatic variables properly (and
efficiently), along with complex arithmetic (both of what "C" contains) as
well as an appropriate manner of accessing (hardware) registers - including
allowing routines that use different/various I/O Ports and Bits.

Of course, this means that other favourite (BASIC) probably isn't
appropriate either.

Does anybody have any comments on what the "perfect" PIC high-level language
would look like?

myke


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