Byron Jeff <byronjeff <at> mail.clayton.edu> writes:


> >  I started with home-brew
> >parallel port programmer as well. Until MPLAB X I was using CCS with the=
ir
> > ICD-U40 programmer.It worked great, but cannot justify $500 every upgra=
de,
> > even though their C compilers were great.
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> Did you ever consider SDCC during that timeframe? Or JAL, which has
> developed into a really slick development environment?

Yes, I did, I think I might still have a  version of it in my backups (on C=
D's,
that old!) I remember that it had limited support for PIC's and that was th=
e
reason I eventually moved to CCS C.  I did use PIC C lite from HiTech for a
while.  This (electronics, PICs) is my hobby, even though it spills over in=
to my
professional life once in a while.  Definitly helps to talk with "professio=
nal"
engineers, and sometime give them an advise on how to do something with a=20
PIC :-). =20

I also looked at JAl.  It did look like a very nice system.  I was not up t=
o
learning another language at the time though. =20

It is interesting that people have implemented languages that were develope=
d for
large computers for PICs, such as Forth, Pascal-like etc. but not something=
 like
Tcl.  Is there a specific reason for this, or just Tcl is not well known? =
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Jeff, if I may ask, what falvor of Linux you are using?  I use OpenSuse.

Sergey Dryga
http://beaglerobotics.com




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