OK, it's starting again...

As a professional designer, I need to port my designs and re-use most of
my code across different devices, manufacturers and architectures.
Using C I can use my AES cryptographic routines, my FLASH file system,
my LCD routines, etc., etc., etc., without or with very little
modification with PIC16, PIC18, PIC24, PIC32 (MIPS), dsPIC, AVR, ARM,
MSP430, etc.

Besides, why I need to write a full page of code to program a more or
less simple 'if' if I can write it in a single line? The C code is much
simpler to understand and the code is usually self-commenting.

So, for the PIC assembly programmers I have to say: you are PIC
designers, I'm an electronics designer.

Yes, I agree that knowing assembly language is important, and I can
program fluently in assembly for most of the previous architectures, and
frequently I do, but most of my code is in C and I can port it very
effortlessly. Just now and then I really need to use assembly.


Isaac


Em 24/8/2012 04:37, Perry Curling-Hope escreveu:
> IMHO, employing  'high level languages' are a wrong turn when working wit=
h
> embedded microcomputers in general, and Pic's in particular.
> You aren't really programming the machine, but somebody elses environment=
,
> which often imposes limitations on optimum performance.
>
> Start rather with MPLab/ASM.....it affords complete control of the micro =
as
> well as imparting a profound understanding of what the machine is doing a=
nd
> exacthy how it operates.
>
> There are no quick fixes to becoming a competent firmwate developer /
> embedded micro programmer.
>
> Perry Curling-Hope
>
> Research and Development

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