On Fri, 29 May 1998, Dennis Plunkett wrote:

> At 01:33 PM 29/05/98 +0800, you wrote:
> >Hi all
> >Does anyone have experience with the PbasicPRO compiler?
> >Is it worth getting, and does it support all the functions of the
> >PIC?
> >Thanks
> >
> >Justin Grimm    reaper@southwest.com.au
> >
> >
>
> Hello Justin ,from a fellow Aussie
> My question is why basic? The PIC assembler is quite easy, and on top of
> that one could argue that C is an industry standard.
>
> Dennis
>
>
Hello,

why NOT Basic?

Arguments vs. assembler (I like assembler!):

- arithmetic very easy
- variable maintenance automatic
- lot of useful stuff you must otherwise program
  SERIN, SEROUT, SHIFTOUT, I2READ, I2WRITE, LCDOUT, etc.
- structured programming
- you can use assembler as integral part of the language wherever you want

I personally has studied the assembly code generated by the PICBasicPRO:
it is very tight so one does need to be afraid from overhead.

Disadvantages (maybe vs C):

- no dummy parameter for the procedures
- no local variables (i.e. all are global)

I'm satisfied with PICBasicPRO (after collecting some experience).

Imre