you will find that the time to code a given function reduces dramatically when done in C. THAT is the one advantage of C.

I know this is the most often cited advantage of C over asm, but given equal starting point (no libraries or equivalent libraries available for asm than in C), and a programmer equally skilled in both, the productivity is very similar.

now do this in 48 seconds in assembler

buf1 U8 xdata[48];
buf2 U8 xdata[48];
U8 index;

for (index = 0; index <49; index++)
{
  buf1[index] = buf2[index];
}

Erik