In SX Microcontrollers, SX/B Compiler and SX-Key Tool, Capt. Quirk wrote:

I am attracted to Assembly for the same reasons. Currently I think SASM is better supported by Parallax than SX/B because of Gunther's Book. There is very intellegent contributors within these forums that specialize in SASM besides Bean and JonnyMac. There is also [url=http://sxlist.com/techref/ubicom/index.htm]sxlist.com[/url] and inside the compiler under "Examples\SX Assembly" there are other common examples that you can work with.

I was originally drawn to SX/B and the SX chips for many reasons. First off was chip costs were 3 to 4 times lower for a production project. A free basic compiler that was similar to Pbasic was over a $100.00 ++ savings right away over a PIC or AVR. Parallax support was another key reason. 

Have you tried SX-SIM yet?, for me, being able to predict the time and cycles that a compiled SX/B or SASM routine will consume has been a big help over Pbasic. Using CTRL + L in the compiler, shows how SX/B is transformed into SASM, but it's not an .src file, it's more like a bridge that lets you see both languages at the same time and how they interact. SX-Sim has many tools and been very usefull, I plan on using this feature as I learn SASM. After I learn SASM, I want to start programming the Propeller in Assm.

Soon there will be an SX/B book and overall support will have evened out. But the most important thing I have learned was from JonnyMac. He said "I needed to learn the SX Chip". And the more I have learned about it, has helped my programming skills.

So my point is, Which ever language you feel the most comfortable with, is the one you should stick with, while you learn the SX chip.

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