[kitscuzz]

EasyC has it's pluses and minuses. Like most of the more basic languages, its gift, that you don't need to understand everything under the hood to make it work, is also its curse. If you really want to know what you're doing, you can't. It hides what's under the hood to keep it simple.

If you decide to continue with coding in the future, you'll need to understand the complexities of what you're actually doing in order to apply it to other machines. Sure, it's easier, and sometimes it's faster, but you won't always be able to use it. It's something that will help you code this robot, but it's a crutch because it only exists for the robot.

Though I should say that I wholeheartedly support it (though I don't use it myself), all I'm saying is that everyone should remember to look at what you're doing in plain C as well, because C you can take with you. It's a great way to get into the code, and into coding in general, and I love to hear about people getting into the mindset for programming through it. I don't really think there's much benefit in terms of the competition for using either MPLAB or EasyC.