One of the great pleasures of my retirement is solving difficult calculations in assembler or PIC16s. With all the pressures of deadlines gone I can spend an entire day crafting an exquisite 10 lines of assembler. Far more interesting and demanding as doing a suduko and, in the greater scheme of things, equally futile. Virus-free. www.avast.com <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> __________________________________________ David C Brown 43 Bings Road Whaley Bridge High Peak Phone: 01663 733236 Derbyshire eMail: dcb.home@gmail.com SK23 7ND web: www.bings-knowle.co.uk/dcb *Sent from my etch-a-sketch* On 23 September 2017 at 19:08, Bob LeDoux wrote: > I still prefer to code in PIC assembler > > Now that I have justified the [PIC], let me comment on the last email > posting: > > 1. There were 25 postings on the Piclist and not one of them was PIC > related. > > 2. Some of the brightest minds I know found the time to argue over the > choice of units systems. > > I miss the old days when we enjoyed the challenge of solving complex > problems with an 8 bit PIC. Remember the days of 40 bit calculations > without floating point operations? How about working with non-linear > functions by using piecewise linear interpolation (AN942)? I used that > technique to translate pressure into altitude. > > More recent posts don't contain the mental challenges, the gamesmanship, > of old. Its enough to drive me to cross word puzzles. > > -- > Bob LeDoux > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=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 .