At 05:25 PM 10/8/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Thank you all for your responses to my seemingly endless list of
>questions, but I do have a few more... when I do get a programmer, (which
>I think I may end up getteing that PIC-1a kit from ITU) should I get that
>begining book, easy pic'n (or something like that) and I do believe that
>it only teaches to program in assembly (correct me if I'm wrong on that).
>Should I use a c compiler for the pic, picbasic, or what?  I know assembly
>is VERY hard to learn (according to my physics teacher) and I really don't
>know any other language besides Pbasic and my calculator's language (which
>I'm told is like c).  I am more than willing to learn any language though.
>So, what do you recommend?
>
>sincerely
>
>Jonathan
>
PIC assembly is not very complicated, and can really give you a feel for what
 can and can't be done with the devices.  C or another higher-level language
 hides some of the complexity, but at a cost in performance and code size.

I would say try using assembly, at least for your first couple projects.  You
 may like it, and you will definitely get a better feel for the hardware
 limitations and capabilities than you would by using another language.

Also, assembly is free, while compilers for higher-level languages generally
 cost money.

 - Rick "Bit-Banger" Dickinson

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