I feel sorry to let Assembler go away.=20 I have used assembler (only assembler) and developed many end products- I d= o not call them professional products, but still they work, and I can do any modification. I think the selection should be like this, For people more inclined towards Hardware - Assembler is better, and they can achieve best performances For people more inclined towards Software - C is better, and they can achieve acceptable performances. -----Original Message----- From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of veegee Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 10:11 AM To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Subject: Re: [PIC]What IDE and compiler should a PIC-programming newb choose, and why? On 2012-11-22 5:41 PM, lardconcepts wrote: > We've got 3 votes for C and 1 for assembler - I'm getting blurry eyed > and going to hit the sack now, but if anyone else speaks up in favour > of assembler then I'm willing to give it a go! It's not choice. If you want to really understand what you're doing, you need to understand the PIC instruction set, at least in general. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .