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Re: Goodbye IFI?

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Originally Posted by JesseK View Post
This is all pure speculation, but it seems fairly logical to me:

I would assume that the move away from the IFI controller isn't simply a move away from IFI, it's a move away from the PIC 18F series of microcontrollers. I programmed an 18F452C in college, using assembly, and I promise you that it has multiple limitations many modern-day programmers would rather not deal with -- like no nesting, no recursion, and procedure/spaghetti-based coding practices.
I'm not a software guy, but to say IF they move away from a PIC based system, does that mean moving away from Microchip products? If that's the case, I find this hard to believe with Steve Sanghi, President and CEO of Microchip, so integrally involved with FIRST, on the Board of FIRST, supplier, sponsor, etc...
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