Sergio Masci wrote:

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> As a mater of interest how well has the PIC port of the SDCC compiler come along
> in the last 2 years? Apart from Scott's work on this I don't see anybody else
> contributing to it. Whereas version 2 of the XCSB compiler has come a long way
> since it was started at the end of last year. Does open source really mean
> better development tools for the PIC?

Sergio,

I agree with the premise behind your statement but would like to correct 
  the facts. The fact is that I've done hardly anything with SDCC for 
the last two years, but there have been at least two other very active 
contributors to the SDCC port (and in particular to the 16bit processor 
support). Now this fact ties into your premise; my motivation for 
contributing to an open source project has less to do with satisfying 
the needs of others and more about satisfying my own. Whereas your work 
on XCSB and XCASM must address the needs of others else you'll not be 
able to eat next week. And if we both do our job equally well, in the 
end you'll have a tool others can use whereas I'll have a tool that I 
can use. To the degree that my uses coincide with those of others, our 
tools will satisfy similar goals.

Scott
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