From what I've seen of the PICLIST, *usually* people are not so precise to
select the appropriate [xxx] catagory.  ;^)

Take the most "[PIC]: frying eggs with a ULN2003" thread as an example. It
should clearly be [EE].

Douglas Wood
Software Enigneer
dbwood@kc.rr.com

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan B. Pearce" <A.B.Pearce@RL.AC.UK>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: [PIC]: Switch / If Statement revisited - compiler optimization
comments.


> >It's no more an [EE] topic than an [PIC] topic; what does "compiler
> >internals" (a purely software issue) have to do with "electrical
> >engineering"?
>
> It is no more "Electrical Engineering" than [PIC], but I do like to think
of
> [EE] as "Electronic Engineering" in the context of the PicList, and it is
the
> only engineering heading we have.
>
> I come back to the point that this thread is more of a theoretical
discussion
> peripheral (excuse the pun) to PIC's, rather than some nitty gritty
problem to
> do with PIC's themselves, even though it is to do with optimisation of the
code
> for the PIC chip.
>
> I have this vision of James leaning back in his chair laughing at this bit
of
> discussion back and forth over this issue. I expressed an opinion on which
> category I thought it should move to if compiler internals was to be
discussed
> and others feel it should stay here.
>
> However I think we have said enough on it, or it will have to become [OT]
as
> talking about which category it should be in is neither [PIC] or [EE].
>
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