AVR-Chat

The problem/strength of C is that it is pretty close to the metal.  It
neither holds your hand nor gets in the way (for the most part), which, is
why C and assembly is such a kick-ass combination and finds widespread use
across *all* architectures.  Of course, one can write incomprehensible C,
or, one can write lucid code.   Skill and style make the difference.

It just so happens that the AVR is particularly suited for C and embedded
style programs.  No wonder since the AVR was the last 8 bit architecture
developed.  Nothing like 20 years of hindsight to make a tight processor.  A
classic CISC, like the Hitachi H8/300, produces amazingly tight C code, but
some of those instructions take forever to execute...

Cheers!

-----Original Message-----
From: David VanHorn

At 10:12 PM 8/6/2004, Alexandre Guimaraes wrote:

>Hi,
>
>> Is C the only high-level language for the AVR?  I would be
>> especially interested in Pascal, Modula or any of the other
>> Wirth-style languages out there.
>
>    I also bought embedded pascal wich is fine but not as "complete" as
>codevision and the code generator is much, much worse..
>
>    I searched for many options and for the first time in a 20 year carrer
I
>really had to learn C and live with it's weird sintax. There are not better
>options for real world projects that I have seen... It is either assembler
>or C or both together as I do.

My man!

That's exactly how I see it.





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