which one is the best compiller for pic18f family

[engineer khan]

I am using c18 compiler for pic18f controllers but i wish to go for better one, please guide me which one is good,HI_TECH C, PICC18, MPLAB xc ,MIKROC,CCS,C18 comipler, also tell me the difference between PICC18,HI-TECH C,C18

 

[milan.rajik]

I prefer XC8 and mikroC.

 

[horace1]

I would use the Microchip XC series of compilers
https://www.microchip.com/pagehandler/en_us/devtools/mplabxc/
the compilers are free when used in Lite mode which is usually sufficent unless one requires very efficent code in terms of memory requirements or run time speed

 

[engineer khan]

mikroC has liberaries,but whats the good things u saw in xc,please tell me,

 

[horace1]

the XC compilers come with libraries to support peripherals such as SPI, I2C, UARTs, etc
also there are the Microchip application Libraries to support USB, TCPIP, file IO, graphics, etc which can be downloaded from
**broken link removed**