-----Original Message----- From: Lawrence Lile To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Date: Friday, 10 October 1997 0:33 Subject: Re: another q from the stupid newbie >> 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). > > >So far I tally NO votes for C, 5 votes for assembler. I'd say - Learn C first, but on a PC. Then learn the asm of choice, and use it and c together for production. Advantages: It teaches *programming* first - before bad habits get ingrained using assembly. Doesn't have to be C, any structured procedural language would do - but C is the high level lingo of choice for microcontrollers. MikeS