I totally agree, but it's not much use unless you own the compiler. PBP libraries are pure
assembler. You can modify them as needed, learn asembler by understanding them, and
cut/paste sections into your own assembler programs.

And of course PBP supports the whole PIC series unlike Swordfish or C18, which are only
for 18F parts, and very limiting.

Most C compilers have open libraries as well, but it's not anything like the PBP library where
you have the assembly language equivalent of each command. Huge difference.