> Is anyone aware of a reason for the lack of OSS for the PIC (in 
> particular PIC18)?

The PIC12/14 architecture is not what the backend of GCC was written
for. The PIC16 is a little bit better, but still a pain. An AVR or even
an 8051 is a much easier target for the GCC backend.

Wouter van Ooijen

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