On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 9:18 PM, Josh Koffman wrote: > Sorry, I wasn't clear. I know that's what you meant, and I'm not > interested in gaming anything. I think that if I get to the point that > I'm actually working with the compiler, I've basically already made up > my mind on it. The demo is nice I guess, but I suppose I'd view it as > more of a bridge while my licence key arrives. I think we might be talking past each other. Although I have not used Microchip's GNU compilers, gcc is my preferred toolchain for other processors (MSP430 and ARM) In my experience, the non-optimized code generated by gcc for those processors really isn't that bad at all. It is no where near as horrid as the non-optimized XC8 examples linked in a previous message. If you are willing to take the jump to PIC24, there is a very good chance that the non-optimized compiler will be just fine. It should not take much of a time investment to compare the code generated by the non-optimized and optimized compilers to determine if you really even need to fork out for the optimizing compiler. -p. --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .