> For the "control freaks" like myself there is
> little alternative to absolute mode, how else
> to you get the absolute maximum amount of code
> into that 512 bytes of ROM? Many of my projects
> use very carefully designed code blocks and tables
> and need to have every word in the right spot to
> get the speed and size...

This seems to be Standard Linker Myth #1 again.  See my response to Bob.

> I do understand the benefits of linked and
> re-usable modules in LARGER projects where they
> are very superior. But as the PIC size gets
> smaller and development time becomes less critical
> than PIC size, a point is reached where absolute
> mode gives the BEST end result.

Again, same argument same response.

> As a consultant it benefits you to develop code
> very quickly using a "standard" larger PIC and
> linked modules. But as a manufacturer it benefits
> me to use the SMALLEST PIC possible even it takes
> weeks of fiddly absolute coding to make it all fit.

Some of my projects are high volume too.  In some cases I have to give the
linker a little less freedom, but I only need to do that in those cases
where it matters.


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