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- From: tching@target.water.ca.gov (Tracy Ching <SysAdmin>)
- Subject: Re: 8051 C compilier
- Message-ID: <1992Sep13.153208.25319@csus.edu>
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- Organization: California State University, Sacramento
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- Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 15:32:08 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep13.015451.9044@uwm.edu> markh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mark) writes:
- >In article <1992Sep2.142851.27907@mcs.anl.gov> hoffberg@phebos.aps.anl.gov writes:
- >I strongly suggest learning the 8051 and its language. Using C to do 8051
- >programming is a lot like using Roman Numerals to do Calculus.
-
- hello mark... thanks for the 8051 code and stuff... but on to
- the issue. I agree "strongly suggest learning the 8051" but "using C ...
- Roman numerals.." should be "using an hp 41CX doing numerical integration
- to do calculus" is more appropriate. It gets the job done - sometimes
- not as efficient as can be, but it does it. In most cases the code runs
- slower than assembler, but the code can be written much faster if the
- person is 8051 illiterate. (but yes, hardware and software debugging
- becomes an issue if the person is 8051 H.W. & S.W. illiterate). Many
- seminars and mag articles have been given about C vs assembler for micro
- controllers/uP's.
- O.K. enuf of my $.02. Did you know that Intel's IDCX-51 (real
- time OS for the 8051) is in the pub domain? I tried it out... pretty
- neat stuff.
-