Howdy,

> For the PIC 16 there is no good compiler from any source.  You might
> seriously consider walking away from the job if the customer absolutely
> insists you use a C compiler for a PIC 16.

I guess I would disagree.  I've been using the HiTech C compiler for the 16 
series for about a year.  Before that, I coded many projects in ASM and while 
there are a few occasions I drop back to ASM, the output from the HiTech 
compiler is pretty impressive (I regularly review their assembly listings the 
first time I use a new construct).  I rarely can come up with better ASM code 
than their generator creates (for common idioms/expressions).

About the only time I drop by to ASM now is for timing critical stuff (where I 
have to count instruction cycles to get things right).

It integrates with MPLAB if you'd like just fine -- compiler, debugger, 
linker, etc.  It's also available for other platforms (I primarily use linux, 
so that's a great plus).

Gerry
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Gerry Duprey
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
http://www.cdp1802.org
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