On Thu, 17 Sep 1998, William Chops Westfield wrote:

> As someone only vaguely familiar with PIC mnemonics (one of these days
> i'll actually write some code), I find "SKPNC" obvious, and "BTFSC STATUS,0"
> less so (what does the "B" stand for?)

B == BIT as in Bit Test (in) File, Skip (if) Cleared

I don't like SKPNC because not all micros have just ONE carry bit to start
with.  Making von Neumann/Wintel assumptions on RISC cores is bad idea
imho.

Peter