Andy Kunz <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> wrote:

> > Isn't an infinite loop done with:   goto   $
>
> No, because PC has been incremented to point to the next
> instruction. Standard notation is to do it: goto $-1
>
> ....
>
> Here's a hint.  If you have to a waste time, and you would normally
> write it as
>    NOP
>    NOP
>    NOP
>    NOP
>
> try using the following instead.
>
>    goto    $+1
>    goto    $+1

    Um, Andy?

    How do you reconcile your "$-1" infinite loop with your "$+1"
    two-cycle NOP?

    The PIC's program counter is incremented before the current
    instruction is executed, but the ASSEMBLER's "program counter"
    isn't.  Perhaps you've confused the two?

    -Andy

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