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Is there any free software alternative to CCS C compiler?

Please also send the links and state the pros and cons if you already had an experience using them.

Cœur
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    You might want to link CCS compiler to a good description... – dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten Dec 24 '10 at 00:05
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    http://www.ccsinfo.com a compiler for Microchip – kenny Dec 24 '10 at 00:52
  • @Kenny: Do you know that or is that a guess? It could as likely be Code Composer Studio (http://focus.ti.com/dsp/docs/dspsupportatn.tsp?familyId=44&sectionId=3&tabId=415&toolTypeId=30). @Lemuel needs to be far more explicit. The best thing to do is specify exactly what processor he wishes to generate code for. – Clifford Dec 26 '10 at 16:33
  • @Clifford, yeah a guess based on that thet tagged it firmware/microcontroller, but if TI gave theirs the same initials....maybe a bad guess. – kenny Dec 26 '10 at 20:35
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    @kenny: I would say it was probably the right guess, but it is by no means a given; the comment was really aimed at getting clarification from @Lemuel, and improving the quality and precision of the question. – Clifford Dec 27 '10 at 10:27

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There's SDCC http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/ and the Microchip compiler itself is free for student/hobby projects too.

I have never used SDCC and it seems to be a bit raw from what I've read.

The Microchip C compiler works fine and is more true to the C standard than CCS.

But I prefer CCS's wrapper around the API. And it's not to expensive.

Given that I work on non-hobby projects for the PIC, I'm stuck with CCS for now, warts and all.

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tech C is now owned by microchip and the lite version is free. dont know how it compares but worth trying at that price.

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