Victor Fraenckel wrote:
> *I agree with Padu. I began using mP at version 2.1 on my first PIC 
> application ever. There were bugs in that version, but the development 
> team, with the help of active help forum members,  has been constantly 
> eliminating them and adding new features. The current version is 6.0 and 
> it is mainly in the new features where bugs occur. mE also had a mikroC 
> and a mikroBasic version and it is _my sense_ that the code generator 
> for all compilers is the same.
> *
>
> *I don't think you can go wrong with mP, especially if you test drive 
> the free version to get your feet wet!
>   
I am going to try it, and see how it does with a small F88 project.

> *
>
> *I am  a  long  time  Pascal  user going back to Pascal on a DEC PD1170 
> and the original Turbo Pascal.
>   
Lotsa people never knew... did you know that Borland sold 3,000,000 
copies of TP3.0 in Europe?
That's a LOT of users... consequently, there is a lot of PASCAL CODE in 
Europe, especially
in Germany.

--Bob


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> *Vic
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> *Victor Fraenckel
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> Padu wrote:
>   
>> I've been using it since version 2. It was very buggy in the earlier 
>> versions, and I've chosen mp because of my familiarity with Delphi and 
>> because I'm a software engineer instead of an EE. After using delphi, java 
>> and c# I avoid at all costs having to return to asm (although I had to a few 
>> times). Most of the bugs are gone now, unless you are using a newly 
>> developed feature or library. I agree that the hex file may not be optimal 
>> in performance and/or size, but for the things I am doing it is good enough.
>>
>> I'm happy with it, and the time it saved me with the libraries and the 
>> shorter learning curve from my pascal background far outweights its 
>> shortcomings.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Padu 
>>
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