Bob Blick wrote:

>It is a very professional product, so you should not give up. The code it
>generates is superior to the cheaper alternative. Far superior.

I'll second that.  It's an _excellent_ product, and I continue to be
pleasantly surprised at how powerful it really is. But it's a bit daunting
for beginners.

I learned C through Mix Software's Power C compiler (it's for the PC),
which costs only $29 and has an excellent 660-page printed manual.  Check
it out at http://www.mixsoftware.com

BTW, I gave up on trying to integrate a fairly large project (many source
files) in Hi-Tech PIC-C with the MPLAB IDE.  Instead,  I run the HPDPIC
IDE, MPLAB and CodeWarrior concurrently, with a project in HPDPIC and an
"empty" project open in MPLAB which simply points to the object file HPDPIC
is generating. I edit in CodeWarrior, compile in HPDPIC, and download and
debug with a PICMASTER in MPLAB.  I find this to be a very fast way to
work, because it draws on the strengths of the individual products (CW's
editor, HPDPIC's project management environment, MPLAB's debugging windows).



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