Andy wrote:
>>Ahh, so. "Deterministic timing" is whatever the compiler **gives** you,
>>whether it gives 10 cycles to code a loop, or 25 - whether a C instruction
>>gets coded into 1 cycle or 8. Slowly it's coming across.
>
>You are slowly getting it, the compiler determines what you get, thats why
it is
>deterministic ;-? (very tongue in cheek) and we are probably getting rather OT
>before James has a go.
>

Maybe there should just be a law against monday mornings.

And this is not OT - this is gut-level programming philosophy.
If you don't care about the #cycles, PIC has no advantage over
using other microcontrollers, like 6805/8051.

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