Hi David,

I agree, but only when the extra tasks have something to do with the
simplicity of the device or the physics of how it works, etc. Many of the
older PICs have annoying problems which really were just sloppy even back
then (like, for example, various errata which were never fixed)

Sean




On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 1:27 PM, David C Brown <dcb.home@gmail.com> wrote:

> OTOH.
>
> If you are a hobbyist with a stash of older parts changing to a newer par=
t
> is always going to be more expensive since, to some-one on $0.00 per hour=
,
> a faster development time saves no cash.
> And when you are developing code as a hobby rather than a job you don't
> always want to make it too simple.  There is nothing I enjoy more than
> spending an hour crafting a perfect piece of, assembler but that was a
> luxury I couldn't indulge when I was working
>
>
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