>  I just don't see what all the fuss is about regarding banking.

Hi Jim, have you ever used an 18F ?

Don't misunderstand - I use PICs from every range. They all
have their advantages, technically and commercially. I've used
PICs for a very long time and am quite comfortable dealing with
banking when I have to. I just prefer not to have to these days
if there's an alternative

> I consider it a part of the programming process

Banking caused me to drop a 16F part and move to an 18F for
a product. Why ? Because having to switch banks really messed
up the top speed of a transfer routine. So it's not always about
the "nuisance" value, bank switching does slow routines down

> move to a processor that doesn't use it, whether that be a
> different chip from Microchip, or a completely different vendor

There are many micros, some historic, that have NEVER used
banking. Whether you can say banking was a poor initial design
decision by Microchip is debatable. I'm sure they had their reasons

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