I hope I DID NOT leave the impression that I was insanely happy with CCS.
Buyers beware!   CCS is remarkably  MEDIOCRE.  I'm just STUCK with it.  CCS
is not a cheap compiler if you count your time and the yearly maintenance.
You'll note that the CCS support people are notably silent on the PIClist -
unlike Hitech and Bytecraft.




-----Original Message-----
From: Gerhard Fiedler <lists@HOME.COM>
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: The Best C Compiler


>At 08:28 03/30/99 -0600, Lawrence Lile wrote:
>>"you get what you pay for"
>>
>>I use the CCS http://www.ccsinfo.com/picc.html compiler at $99 plus $99
per
>>year maintenance (which is mandatory given the number of bugfixes)
>[...]
>>If I could buy Hitech I would - It has been highly recommended and has had
>>few complaints that I am aware of.
>
>the thing is that if you think in a few (ie. a rather small number of)
>years, the ccs compiler gets actually more expensive than the others, since
>the $99 per year are mandatory, and with the others bugfixes are free (so
far).
>
>so if you can take out a small loan (from your bank or your pocket :), the
>financial argument is not valid anymore.
>
>ge