AVR-Chat

On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 19:40:38 -0500 you wrote:

>On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 20:07 -0700, Larry Barello wrote:
>> Given that this is an AVR forum, not a PIC one, let me plug a product
>> that I have found very useful:  BASCOM.  A free 4k limit compiler is
>> available and supports most AVR chips.  The BASIC dialect is plenty
>> powerful, lots of library support (LCD, one wire, switches, AT
>> keyboard, graphics displays, etc) and runs circles around anything
>> Parallax has to offer.  Full support (some specialized libraries and
>> 128k limit) is $60, but I have never run out of space (granted I only
>> use it for small quick projects).
>
>  Only problem is I have never succeeded in getting anything to compile
>in BASCM-AVR.   Has some strange syntactical requirements for declaring
>variables, apparently.

I did contemplate Bascom when I started with AVRs. For me the quality, friendliness and
helpfulness of support was important. I joined a few lists. I found the Bascom list
unfriendly and somewhat dominated by characters I found distasteful. In contrast the CVAVR
list was friendly, helpful and supportive. The ICCAVR list also seemed to be a helpful
place. I haven't found Basic to be a particularly versatile language and avoid it whenever
possible. As things stand I don't see an alternative to C/C++ . If there were a decent and
inexpensive Forth compiler available I would probably have gone for that as I love
screwing up my brain cells with RPN and still use my antique and beloved HP11C and HP16C
calculators.


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