Jim escreveu:
> Issac,
>
> I agree with all you say except for the "More compact code"
> The source code may be more compact, but the object code will NOT
> always be more compact.  Generally, at best, the compiler code will be
> the same size.  Typically, it will be larger.  And on ocassion, it will b=
e =

> smaller
> due to optomizations.  But those cases are few and far between in my =

> experience.
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By my experience, most projects end with a good deal of unused program
memory space, so I don=B4t worry much about final code size. These days,
it is even less important as the program memory of the new devices is
getting larger at the same time their price is dropping.

> But, the bottom line is, you prefer HLL's because you are trying to make a
> living at this.  I, on the other hand, have a day job, and PIC programmin=
g =

> is a moonlighting
> job for me.  Don't get me wrong, I do real programming on real PIC's, and =

> generate some
> sophiscated systems.  But if I lost all my PIC programming jobs, I could =

> still live as I have
> my day job.  At least I still had it as of last week.
>   =


I simply found that it is more profitable if I finish a project faster
and move to the next.
And it really is easier to debug C code than assembly and to change
something  in it after some months or years after it is finished.

> I have been working with PIC's since about 1990 or 1991.  The lineup of =

> parts offered
>   =


I started with micro-controllers in 1992 (8051 family) and with PICs
approx. in 1996.

> by Microchip was a total of 4.  The assembler was DOS based.  The Simulat=
or =

> was a seperate app.
> Etc, etc.  My first programmer was a homebuilt unit connected to a parall=
el =

> port.  And I still have
> every development tool for them.  Maybe that's not important to anyone, b=
ut =

> my point is, I have
> been working with PIC's almost since their initial release after the sale=
 of =

> the PIC dept of General Instruments.
> I have been using assembly all that time, with a few jobs where I had to =
use =

> an HLL due to the customer requirements.
> But for the most part, I have been using assembly for the better part of =
18 =

> or so years.  I am familiar with it, and I don't
> think the HLL's for PIC's is the panacea they are cracked up to be, so I =

> stick with assembly.
>
> And anyone who wants to or needs to use an HLL has my blessing.
>
>
> Jim
>   =


Best regards,

Isaac
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