"So, David, my advice is stick with assembly.  If you have to learn
something, let it be something that can expand on what you
already know and practice.  However, the ultimate decision is up to you."

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I own a copy of Mikro Pascal and an ancient copy of CCS C.

I am embarassed to say that in over 30+ years of development, not even
ONCE was the commercial firmware written in a HLL. That does NOT mean
I didn't try. I just didn't feel that the commercial HLL was "stable
enough".

As hard as assembler is to write, HLL is rarely better or faster
overall, but you can "whip up" something in short order. But I always
want to know, CLEARLY, how each routine actually worked. Sometimes it
seemed pretty odd how the result was derived.

Just because you are using an HLL does NOT mean that you are magically
doing everything right. You may have misunderstood the firmware specs
and already have a mess, regardless of the language. Or, maybe you
have still installed a small bug somewhere; it STILL has to be rooted
out aqnd killed.

If I were starting over, I'd do the same thing: learn the hardware in
assembly, then, later, move to C.

--Bob
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