On 2007-10-16 06:31:45, Vitaliy wrote:

> So I'm wondering if people can share their experiences using third party 
> compilers for the PIC18: SDCC, CCS, HI-TECH, CC8E, BoostC, mikroC, IAR (any 
> others I've missed?)
> 
> Specifically,
> 
> - How stable is it (bugs)?
> - How well does it integrate with MPLAB?
> - How good are the libraries?
> - How does its performance compare to the C18, and other compilers?

I'm using HiTech PICC compilers since a long time ago. When I made the
choice, they and CCS were the only serious contenders IIRC. I started with
CCS, but I didn't like the fact that they had to publish a bug fix update
about every week. (And, from that recent discussion here, it seems that
it's still like this. Man... :)  I mean, if you look at it from the
viewpoint of in one year, you're currently working with a compiler that
still has to receive some 50 serious bug fixes. I had to find the one or
other bug in PICC also, but that's probably normal, and every time I found
one it got fixed almost immediately.

I don't do a lot of work with MPLAB, so can't say how well the integration
works. 

Regarding libraries, that's a bit like ECAD libs: in the end, you probably
make your own anyway, at least in a production environment (as opposed to a
hobbyist environment). 

Don't have any performance comparison data with other compilers.

Gerhard
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