OK at least we understand where you are 'coming from', for want of a
     better phrase *8-)

     I have played with MicrChip MPLAB-C offering about 18 months ago,
     which I know is a long time and I hope they would ave improved it no
     end by now .... have they? As you are eluding to, the generated code
     was terrible and the amount of 'C-likeness' was unforgivable.

     In fact it was the quality of the dev tools that lead me to not use
     the PIC in my current project!

     regards,
     SW.


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Subject: Re: Re[2]: New Compiler Wanted
Author:  pic microcontroller discussion list <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> at
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Date:    08/04/98 12:59


Oh, I understand this... I've been doing ES for ten years. But when can't rely
on the language, even as provided, the compiler has to go. The ones I like the
least are the ones that LOOK like C, but all they are is some college kid's
version of something to twiddle the peripherals. Look at the documentation
carefully... there is a difference between C and C-like.

When somebody markets a compiler, the least they could do is debug it.

KK