Dan, > Unfortunately, Monday's discussion moved away from the point being > made, and devolved into different opinions about the meaning of the > word deterministic, and kindled some kind of "C vs Asm" debate. > This was completely off the track. Your newest statements are clear in communicating your intent and opinion. I hope that everyone here now understands your concern. (I do.) I hope that the "good that comes from this" is a general awareness of the affects of High Level Languages in embedded systems. http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics Does anyone know how to filter topics? http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: "[PIC]:" PIC only "[EE]:" engineering "[OT]:" off topic "[AD]:" ad's ...or what [OT] means? http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu ...and how the hell do you unsubscribe? I just cannot figure it out! ;-) P.S. James Newton: DON'T unsubscribe me! -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics