Microcontrollers

[Bernd Felsche]

MysticZ writes:

>Does anyone know of a decent, easy to deal with microcontroller that
>will run C? I'm new at all this itty bitty computer stuff, and I could
>just use a basic stamp, but I've heard that it isn't as fast as "some C
>based controller" (exact phrase). Anyone have a clue what that could be?

I think the implication was that the BASIC on the PIC was slow.
My understanding is that the BASIC is resident in the BASIC PIC.

C compilers are obtainable for just about any microcontroller (uC);
many available as cross-compulers based on gcc for development under 
Unix/Linux/AmigaOS and others. The C compiler generates machine code
for the target environment.

C compilers for the PIC family are available.

There are also BASIC compilers which generate machine to run faster
than when interpreted on the PIC.
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