I have used both CCS and HiTech and prefer the HiTech.  It is very
straightforward, generates reasonable code, and supports ANSI types rather
than bastardized types like CCS.

The library issue is really moot for me, as I tend to have a rather large
assembly library which I integrate.  I find the HiTech much easier to
integrate, as it has a stand-alone assembler and linker also.

I have ported code from CCS to HiTech very easily, and find the latter
easier to work with.  I have had problems getting float and printf to fit
into my desired chip.

The CCS integrates better into the Parallax/Tech-Tools Mathias PDE/TDE
software, but I hope this changes soon.  I have run my Hi-Tech code in TDE
using a .COD file, but this only gives me object-level debugging.

I dislike the HiTech IDE because it's DOS-based, and imho this is the only
area that CCS wins.

At 07:14 AM 8/16/97 EDT, you wrote:
> I am thinking about buying the Hi-Tech C-compiler and wanted to
> know if anybody had any comments about it compared to other
> C-compilers.
>
> I have tried the demo program but my application seems to be too
> large to test it.
>
> Does anybody know how well it integrates into Emulators such as
> the ICEPIC 16CXX from RF solutions ?
>
> Any hints or tips on this greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards
>
> Andy
>
>
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