On 9/2/09, Rob Hamerling <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Vasile > > vasile surducan wrote: > > > As a book writer (the first one -and for me the last one- talking about > jal > > in 2003) I can assure you that a beginner in electronic field (which has > > never heard about jal before), without any programming experience, will > use > > jalV2 with hard struggle using the library pack created and based only > > on the compiler and library documentation. My conclusion is based on the > > questions got from those book readers (from about 500 books sold, maybe > 100 > > questions, meaning the rest never use the compiler). > > Some comments: > > I agree that the quality of documentation of both the compiler and the > libraries should be improved. But who is 'responsible'? I would think in > the first place the programmers. But it is very difficult (certainly in > a non commercial enviroment like we are working here) to command > people to write proper documentation, not to speak about the differences > in insight about what is required, desired, style, etc. In that respect > our Jallib Style Guide is already pretty good and respected! > > I have done several PIC projects with a (C) compiler without any > libraries. That was very time consuming, required lot of datasheet > reading, but was also very educational for understanding PICs! > The libraries are meant to and will reduce development time, they hide > the 'small letters' in the datasheets and the numerous differences > between PICs. I'm convinced this will help development significantly, > but indeed you must be properly informed how to use these libraries. > > Being 'experienced' (in any craft) can be a handicap! Everybody has some > natural resistance to (forced) changes in the way he used to work, > certainly when you took a sabbatical pause. But refusing to adept to > progress(!) will make your handicap only bigger and the migration of > older projects more difficult. So keep studying! > > Regards, Rob.
Hi Rob, Yep, you have right, and you know you have right and that's anger me... :-) see the right emoticons. Experience is a handicap indeed. Vasile --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jallib" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jallib?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
