gnupic: Re: [gnupic] PIC18Forth tester feed back.
Subject:
Re: [gnupic] PIC18Forth tester feed back.
From:
David McNab ####@####.####
Date:
7 Sep 2005 09:10:22 +0100
Message-Id: <431EA05F.5060001@rebirthing.co.nz>
Thanks for that.
If you look at pic18forth, you'll see that it can be configured for
anything from single wheel wheelbarrow to large air-conditioned tractor.
I hear your concerns about simplicity. But there are situations where
on-pic software needs a lot of functionality- eg LCD-based user
interfaces, host serial links, controlling other pics etc.
Cheers
David
####@####.#### wrote:
> As expected from the author, the Pic18Forth documentation is immaculte.
> And it is not hidden that a lot of facilities are needed to test it.
>
> And when I read Chen Xiao Fan's recent post:
> Mini Howto: Microchip tools under Linux with Wine,
> I really [more so] believe that these tasks are bloating out of control.
>
> IMO pic made sense as a 18-pin [maximum] DIL.
> And since 'pic asm' leads to using many macros, and forth is 'like'
> the ultimate macro-multiplyer/controller, and a picforth with
> IMO an 'appropriate minimalist view' was available I tried it.
>
> Right now I'm afraid to open up the PIC18Forth project.
> I've never yet even run python.
>
> A [single wheel] wheel-barrow is a marvelous tool.
> But it you start modifying/refining it to ape a luxury passenger
> vehicle, it becomes inappropriate/absurd.
>
> Isn't pic following this inappropriate route ?
>
> == Chris Glur.
>
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