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Andrew Warren wrote:
>
> Steve Baldwin <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> wrote:
>
...
> >
>     Think of:
>
>         char *text;
>         char string[] = "My string";
>
>         text = string;
>
>     as equivalent to:
>
>         TEXT    EQU     [any register]
>         STRING  EQU     TEXT+1
>
>                 MOVLW   "M"
>                 MOVWF   STRING
>                 MOVLW   "y"
>                 MOVLW   STRING+1
>                 ....
>                 MOVLW   "n"
>                 MOVWF   STRING+7
>                 MOVLW   "g"
>                 MOVWF   STRING+8
>                 MOVLW   0
>                 MOVWF   STRING+9
>
>                 MOVLW   STRING
>                 MOVWF   TEXT
>
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        I've seen better ways of creating an initialized variable.


        I also like 'C' and do have a lot of practice at it (as in writing a
real-time preemptive multitasking kernel running on an 8086 to use as an
embedded operating system), but i think that for really explore and
control such a device as a PIC you better get a solid knowledge of ASM.

        Best regards

        Jorge F