Strange - and sad. Very sad.
I would have given up already and went to a competing product.
Crownhill (the company that hosts this forum) did have their own compiler. It's now end of life but available free of charge (though it looks like you need to register to actually download it):
https://www.crownhill.co.uk/category-41.html
The Positron compilers (seems to be a spin-off or continuation of the Proton compiler) is another attractive alternative:
https://sites.google.com/view/rosetta-tech/home
If you're targeting 2only" the PIC18 series then Swordfish might be interesting:
https://www.sfcompiler.co.uk/swordfish/
Then we have the offerings from MikroE:
https://www.mikroe.com/mikrobasic-pic
Personally I've been somewhat interested in Positron but have not tried it yet.
I'm sure there are others that I've missed.
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