----- Original Message ----- From: "M. Adam Davis" > A robust program always resets or clears every register it uses upon > initialization, anyway, so it's a moot point. This has been stated before on Piclist, but I am not so sure it is true. If you cannot trust the chip to initialize itself the way it is supposed to why should trust it to, say, get 4 when adding 2+2. Bob Ammerman RAm Systems (contract development of high performance, high function, low-level software) -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.