Jal version 0.4-10 is now available from www.xs4all.nl/~wf/wouter/pic/jal

New features in this version:
   - a few bugs fixed
   - Scenix SX target

Jal is a simple yet prowerfull HLL for the Microchip 16f84/16c84 and Scenix
SX featuring:
   - bit and byte run-time data types
   - c-style expressions, operators + - /* % / ! & | ^ << >> < > <= >= ==
!=
   - pascal/basic/Ada-style statements: assignment, if-the-else, while,
procedure call
   - procedure and function declarations with in, out or in-out parameters
   - libraries for delays, asynchronous I/O, i2c, lm75, hd44780, etc.

End of february I received the SX18 and SX28 I ordered (from R.Nollet in
Australia,
who turned out to be an emmigrated Dutchman - I lived most of my life 30 km
from
where he was born!), build the fluffy programmer (on a breadboard, where it
still is)
and started modifying the JAL compiler. That turned out te be more
difficult
than I expected, but the compiler now generates correct but not very
efficient
SX code.

The Scenix SX chips are clones of the Pic low end (roughly a 16c74) with
a few improvements. Clock frequency is up to 50 MHz, which yields 50 MIPS
with the 1-instruction-per-clock option. Like the 16x84 the SX'es are ideal
for hobbyists because they can be re-programmed in-circuit.

I have translated 3 16x84/JAL assignments I wrote for the local "young
engineers"
group to english. Might be interesting for absolute beginnes.
see www.xs4all.nl/~wf/wouter/pic/djo

Jal is free (actually: cardware). I welcome all reactions!
regards, Wouter.