I do not use the other compilers. Can not comment on their abilities. I was referring to VB, C whatever and the like.

Instant Interrupts are basically as the name implies. Look at all of the features.
http://www.picbasic.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=3251

The point I am trying to make, it seems like any language you use, there is always some thing that would be nice to have but does not. When the language is learned and the hardware or machine is understood, then you can always find a work around. Maybe this thinking comes from the time when a Hacker was still considered a good think to be called. (now days it seems the world is full of "crackers") . The ability to take a language, pieces of hardware, do a little tweaking, and do something new is all the fun.

The longevity of PBP and the things that can be done with it is what keeps me using it. I gave up on the point and click VB and VB like stuff years ago. To constrained. Sure, a simple function to pass a couple of variables is nice, but that also seems to make more overhead.

Give PBP a try, I think there is still a demo available. You will be suprised with what it can do.