> From: John Payson > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: Re: C-compilers for PIC > Date: Wednesday, 11 June 1997 08:52 > > > At 07:46 AM 6/9/97 -0500, you wrote: > > >I really like CCS's "PCM" compiler for 16Cxx pics. Works great, and > > >doesn't have all those nasty limitations. Want multi-dimensional arrays? > > >No problem! Want more than two arguments for a function? No problem! > > > > Want bugs? Want a new release every day? Want operation and definition of > > "correct" changed apparently on a whim? Don't want docs? > > > > And that's my short list. > > As a user of the CCS compiler, I will readily admit that the problems you > describe are indeed annoying. On the other hand, compared with my MPLABC > experience I'd say CCS is pretty good (if you call tech support because > the compiler mis-evaluates an expression, would you rather get a response > of "Yeah, it has that problem. We may fix that in a month or two," or > "Oops, that doesn't seem to work right. I'll try to get it fixed by > tomorrow." Somewhere in between would be nice - like fixing it inside a week, but running the bug-fixed version thru a really extensive test suite before general release. Maybe release it to ppl who are desparate for the fix though... I'd like to see the bugfix file included in the upgrade, somehow, too. MikeS