I keep waiting for the book "Andrew Warren: I did it my way" to come
out...... :)

Jc.


At 10:08 AM 11/12/99 -0800, James Newton wrote:
>That is one hell of a page! Id like to link to it from my techref's pic
>page, ok?
>
>For some constructive criticism, that page desperately needs to be
>organized. Want some help?
>
>James Newton mailto:jamesnewton@geocities.com phone:1-619-652-0593
>http://techref.homepage.com NOW OPEN (R/O) TO NON-MEMBERS!
>Members can add private/public comments/pages ($0 TANSTAAFL web hosting)
>PICLIST guide: http://204.210.50.240/techref/default.asp?url=piclist.htm
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pic microcontroller discussion list
>[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Andy David
>Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 2:11 AM
>To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Re: C vs. ASM
>
>
>        >>Note that this trick CAN be used (though I have yet to see it
>be done) on
>        >>the
>        >>PIC 18Cxxx architecture.
>
>        >Don't tease... how can a PIC use this trick?
>
>James,
>
>The 18c series are the first PICs to have instructions that are > 1 word
>long, hence it's possible to bypass the first word of the instruction
>and execute the second on this family.
>
>As much as I hate quoting continually from a single source, the most
>reasonable argument of C/Asm can be found at:
>
>http://pw2.netcom.com/~fastfwd/answers.html#OTHER00012
>
>I particularly like points 5a and 5b.
>
>
>- Andy.
>---------------------------------------------------------
>Andrew David, Software Manager, Ultronics Ltd, Cheltenham
>akdavid@ultronics.co.uk          http://www.ultronics.com
>
>