Andy Kunz wrote:
>
> >I understand your point, but I'm not sure that you can make such a
> >blanket declaration about copying others' code.
>
> Very useful fragments, Andy.  Think I'll have to steal some of them!
>
> I agree with you 100%.  Some of the neatest things in my code were thought
> up by somebody else!

Sure... But do you reach for the ol' PIC archives if you want to do
some keyboard debouncing, or if you want to drive a LCD? (How many times
have I seen *that* line?)

I concede that one can learn a lot of 'tricks' by looking at what other
folks came up with, but if you are starting out, the hard way makes you
use that grey stuff upstairs.

I may be biased because that was the way I started out, but I feel one
has to adopt an inventive way of thinking when faced with the
restrictions
(ROM, RAM and I/O) of a small micro.

--
Friendly Regards

Tjaart van der Walt
mailto:tjaart@wasp.co.za
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