Eric Martens wrote: >Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 16:07:25 +0200 >From: Eric Martens >Subject: Re: C-compilers for PIC > >Hello Havard > >|Does anyone know if there exists any WORKING C-compilers for PIC >|microcontrollers. I have been using MPLAB-C for a while, and it is simply >|the WORST C-compiler I have ever tried. The compiler crashes if you do not >|carefully insert spaces and comments at all critical places in your code. >|If you are lucky enough to be able to run the compilator on your code, you >|can be quite shure that the code it produces is wrong. > >|So, is this the only option out there?? > >I have here a C compiler (freeware) i haven't had any time to test it out. The > complete >zip file is 112KB big. If you'd like i can email it to you. It looks > interesting, maybe >this is what you are looking for. > >I know that a friend of mine (who does a lot of pic programming(it is his job > !!!)) has >been grumbling about the MPLAB-C program for a while now. He says the same >thing as you do. >He always says "It's just like a small child, you have to help it to get the >job right" ... but I doubt whether this child will ever become an adult. Moreover from a good and professional compiler-package I would expect the capability of linking different C and ASM modules as well as overlaying of local variables. Best regards, Marc Schmaeche ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ZENTRUM FUER ANGEWANDTE MIKROELEKTRONIK UND NEUE TECHNOLOGIEN DER BAYERISCHEN FACHHOCHSCHULEN E.V. Dipl.-Ing. M.Schmaeche Tel.: +49 (0)9131 691145 ZAM-Anwenderzentrum Nbg. Fax: +49 (0)9131 691166 Am Weichselgarten 7 E-Mail: mailto:ms@zam.nf.fh-nuernberg.de 91058 Erlangen, Germany (Ger/Eng/Spa welcome) -----------------------------------------------------------------------