i'm guessing you wan't to use a 4550 because of its usb perhiperal,
therefore i strongly suggest you go with mplab C18 as that is what nearly
all the example code out there for theese chips (which is mostly based on
microchips demos) is written in.

BTW the "student edition/demo" version of C18 even in its feature limited
mode is perfectly adequate for most purposes. You only need the full version
if you are really tight for code speed/size or if you wan't to use extended
mode (in extended mode you give up most of the access ram in exchange for
much faster handling of stack based local variables).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu]On Behalf
> Of Anon
> Sent: 30 August 2006 22:48
> To: piclist@mit.edu
> Subject: [PIC] Looking for PIC C or Basic compiler recommendations
>
>
> I am developing a new product based on the PIC18F4550. In the
> past I wrote my code in assembly, which was often tedious and
> time consuming.
>   I decided to step up to a higher level language. I am
> considering the PICBASIC compiler and one of the C compilers. I
> would like to hear from others who used these compilers to
> understand the pros and cons of each.
>   Perhaps there is a site that compares them all or contains
> reviews that someone can recommend.
>   Thanks
>
>
>
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