a b wrote:
> I am looking specfically at MBasic, mEL Picbasic Pro, Hitech C, and CCS C.

> Which produces the tightest code?
> Are there any others that anyone can recommend (sticking to Basic and C)?

I did some informal tests on just a single project and found that BoostC 
produced slightly tighter code than Hi-Tech, and mikroElectronika's 
output was about twice as large as either of the other two.

Just a single data point, YMMV, etc...  but all three are free to try, 
and it was very interesting running the same program through all three 
and seeing what I had to do differently.  I recommend the exercise.
-- 
Timothy J. Weber
http://timothyweber.org
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