Isaac Marino Bavaresco wrote: > If you don=B4t need to extract every bit of performance from the CPU, C is > much faster to program and get things running. Besides, it is easy to > port to different processors and maintain. > > If you are building an engine controller, which needs cycle-exact loops > and timing, etc. then I would advise using assembly. For a calculator, > with lots of user interaction and complicated logic it is better to use > C, perhaps with some assembly routines for time intensive calculations. > = Thank you to everyone for their input so far. In some ways, I'm now = feeling that C may be a waste of time since I already program in = assembler. What are the advantages of moving to C? Going back to the project that prompted all this; does it sound = reasonable to write assembly code for accessing an SD card and dealing = with the FAT? David... -- = ___________________________________________ David Duffy Audio Visual Devices P/L Unit 8, 10 Hook St, Capalaba 4157 Australia Ph: +61 7 38235717 Fax: +61 7 38234717 New Web: www.audiovisualdevices.com.au ___________________________________________ -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist