> I guess, if you plan to hack with it, it may be fun enjoy it.  But if you
> really plan to do something serious and you don't like asm you should get
> a bug free C compiler. MChips mplabc sounds worse than ccs. It may be
> better idea to develop C based program for a different micro.

I wouldn't know if this statement about CCS is true, but to say that it's
better to use another controller for C-based programs is totally wrong.
There are C-compilers available for PICmicros that are "bug-free".

-Dag