> Someone else posted that this has been discussed to
> death already, but I am new to the list so I missed
> it.  I didn't want to stir anything up, I just
> thought that there must be some valid reasoning
> behind the choice of Assembly that I wasn't aware
> of.  So unless someone has a reason other than "it
> is more fun" or "the code that I need already exists
> in Assembly and not in C" which are fine reasons,
> let's drop it.  
> 
> -- Don 
  
  Reasons why I choose assembly:

1) Depends on architecture. AVR with the bigger MCU
have an architecture tuned for high level language
like C. GCC support is VERY good for this MCU so I
choose C.
Microchip C compilers cost plenty and the compilers
aren't so great for PIC midrange due to it's limited
unsupportive arch. for HLL.

2) Assembly documentation is plenty for MCHIP. Plus
code samples in assembly. Here is basically the
support for the given language.

3) USE less memory. Regardless of the language for HLL
it use plenty of memory of the MCU. Assembly is
compact in size therefore and USE less memory and ADD
in more features.

4) Speed... Depends on the req. of the application.

5) Debugging. One ought to know the target's assembly
for debugging the problem which includes the compiler
output and tracing the problem using some sort of
debugger. You write in Pascal but use gdb to debug the
problem. You know how it feels....

6) Knowledge. I learn something new all the time.
Assembly is more expressive in it's language. Unlike
C++ and C I am able to do all the above and more due
to it's LAX rules.



John


 
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