The bigger the project the better HLLs look.

I would phrase it this way "The bigger the project the higher perecentage of the code will be in a HLL"

The bane of all this is the argument "assembler or C". what is wrong with "assembler and C".

I do not, any more, start out in assembler, but if I run into something critical (like I have to transfer serially 2500 bits from xdata to a port pin in 500usec) there is nothing like assembler.

My current "wisdom" is "if not time critical use C, if C is fast enough, use C, do not refrain from assembler when needed".

Erik