On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Michael Rigby-Jones wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Claudio Tagliola [SMTP:tagliola@SOFTHOME.NET]
> > Updates are very regular.
> >
> Can we read this as "There are daily bug fixes"?

Almost.  On the plus sidde, incremental releases can be had for even very
minor bugs, the kind you'd normally have to wait months to see fixed.  I
usually ignore updates until I see a fix for a bug that may affect me,
which is pretty rare.

I have been using CCS for - what, nearly three years now, I think.  I have
actually run into compiler bugs all of maybe twice.  Last time was a bug
specifically related to the 12F675 init, and the folks at CCS were kind
enough to let me download the latest version with the fix even though my
support had run out.  I think there was one other time, but it was a long
time ago and it may have been me and not the compiler.  Optimzation is
good, not perfect, but there's a LST file you can check for anything
oddball.

I have seen a lot of complaints int he past about the PIC18 version, but
it seems most of that has been fixed (I have not yet used it).  In
general, I'd say you can expect to not see compiler bugs unless you're
doing something weird.  It's certainly not GNU C or anything, btu the time
it's saved me FAR outweighs the time I've spent chasing the occasional
compiler quirk.

I have certainly not found anything better for the money.  I checked out a
couple of less expensive compilers and found all to have major flaws, but
that was a couple of years ago and I'm sure some have improved since then.
I know a couple still suck badly.  Since CCS has been working well for me
and has more than paid for itself several times over, I'm sticking with
it.

Dale

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