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Old 03-24-2015, 02:33 AM   #1783 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by thingstodo View Post
I think there is no optimization involved - I think Paul said that the free version of the compiler does not support it.
It is good though that the micro controller Paul chose has enough grunt to be able to do what it has to do using the unoptimised code.
I did read up on what the optimised compiler does that the unoptimised one doesn't.
I was surprised to find that its not so much that the paid one does more optimisations but that the free one has de-optimisations added.
I will see if i can locate the articles.

Edit: Found one of the articles. It is for the xc8 compiler but i imagine the xc16 would have similar (de) optimizations.
Optimization of Microchip PIC XC8 compiler in Free and Pro mode | T4F

Last edited by Astro; 03-24-2015 at 03:11 AM.. Reason: Add in link to article
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