This thread illustrates why I use maybe 80% of the PBP commands, but manually work with SFRs for the other 20%. I don't use LCDOUT (and several other commands), as they occasionally don't work with the PIC I'm using, or I can't get them to do what I want. If all else fails, PBP does an excellent job of enabling the programmer to manipulate SFRs manually. I create Subroutines to do what certain PBP commands are supposed to do. In fact, I don't even use ADCIN anymore after it failed on one of the PICs I worked with several years ago (forget which one).

This thread has brought forth what I consider to be valuable questions that lead to knowing what actually goes on in the background. The PBP Commands that I still use (most, actually) are ones that after discovering what they do, I like-endorse-value the PBP approach. Those I have abandoned are ones that I feel I can do an adequate job (perhaps even better for my application) than the PBP approach. Hobbyists appreciate the simplicity of the PBP Commands. Those of us that NEED absolute functionality may decide to manipulate the SFRs instead of using convenient PBP Commands. This thread has been educational.