Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
> How's your Pascal compiler doing in this respect? Can you step through
> the source code, view variable values? Is it any better than C18? If
> not, is this an argument against Pascal?

I don't have Pascal for PICs.  Even if I did create a compiler from my
translator, I'd still have to create MPLAB debug records for it to allow for
Pascal source level debugging in MPLAB.

> FWIW (and this of course applies only to whoever thinks it applies :),
> for a pro it should be possible to buy a tool chain that works. If
> MPLAB/C18 doesn't, I'd get one that does.

This concept doesn't work when the customer specifies a particular compiler
or you have to use a piece of code written for a particular compiler.

> There are people who think that MPLAB isn't well suited for programming
> chips. There are also people who think that MPLAB isn't well suited for
> programming -- and both may have a point, or may not :)

Personally I'm pretty happy with MPLAB for debugging assembly code.  There
are of course a few things I'd like added or changed, but on the whole MPLAB
is a decent and very usable piece of software.


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