On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Brandon Stewart wrote:

> Hello all, this is my first time back on the list in a long time.
>
> I always used MPLAB and the High-Tech C compiler in the lab at school to
> program the 16F877.  Now that I am doing this stuff at home, I am tired of
> always having to program in assembly!  I am still a student and I can't
> afford the ~$850 for the High-Tech compiler... What can I do?
>
> --> Also, I have heard something about gpasm, gputils, etc.  I have also
> read a little on C2C, CC5X, etc. for Windows.
>
> Bottom line, what is the best, FREE, way to program my 16F877 in C?
> Next, what about programming my 18F452?
>
> I really appreciate your help!

You could try SDCC. There's been a fair amount of progress over the last
few weeks. If you're comfortable with CVS, then you can give it a try
(there is not a current distribution for the PIC Port):

http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/

Scott

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