Hi Lucas,

hope things are good in Brazil!

Anyway I don't see that Microchip would have made the C-compiler free.
If I have understood right the optimization is turned off after
evaluation period.
Is this right?
If so does it really mean something for a hobbyist entering PIC-field?

Last time I looked the Hi-tech compiler was something about $1000.
So I won't order it in a blink of an eye.

I think Microchip is making a mistake. Their main business should be
selling silicon and free good compiler would not exactly hurt that.
Again if I have understood right the AVR side have a lot of good and
free compilers and tools. That's a good policy.

I would love to find a development environment for PIC that would run
on Linux. Is there any?

I am in no hurry I have another project that takes about two months
full time so PIC side of things have to wait.
I am just keeping my eyes open what is happening.

Best Regards
Kari Laine

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