Quote Originally Posted by Acetronics View Post
WARNING !!!

This document is probably VERY old , or the writer never used PBP ...

of course it is to prove that MKBasic is the best ..., but LOTS of arguments are totally FALSE ... and LOTS of infos are OUT of DATE !!!

So, ... this piece of paper only use is for ... toilets !!!


I'm not partial here, use both compilers, and know enough of both to prove what I've written ...

Alain
My initial impression of that document was that it was a comparison of an earlier version of PBP and not the current V2.50b that I own. The first few lines of the page do help in understanding a few of the major differences between mB and PBP, though. I agree with you, Alain-the rest is pretty biased towards mB. Of course, that link was sent to me from a mikroElektronika employee after a barrage of questions regarding the use of the EasyPIC5 with PBP...

I would very much like to see some "GLCD" commands incorporated into PBP, but like I said, I'll eventually get mB if for no other reason than that. Unless MELabs introduces a new upgrade to PBP with "GLCD" commands in the next few months...

I also plan on learning Assembly, "C", and other programming languages in the coming years to eventually migrate to some more sophisticated 16-bit MCUs and to expand the tools in my toolbox. I'll upgrade PBP as long as the upgrades contain features that are useful to me, but I don't want to be limited to a single language years down the road when or IF these 8-bit PICs become obsolete. BUT-I've still got a decent journey to fully comprehend the abilities and limitations of PBP ahead of me first, so I'm not looking to migrate until I become independent of the manual and certain books I need to reference at the current time...

-Adam Collins

P.S.-Sorry to post that biased link, I shouldn't have included it.
Disclaimer: Adam Collins is in no way affiliated with either mikroElektronika or microEngineering Labs, Inc. All thoughts, ideas, suggestions, and information posted is only the ideals and views of Mr. Collins, and do not reflect the views of either the owners/Administrators of this forum, mikroElektronika, or microEngineering Labs Inc. Download and read the referenced link at your own risk, and remember that it was written to highlight the so-called "benefits" of mikroElektronika's mikroBasic.