Capable C compilers have been around for a long time on PICs. I’ve only seen people using assembly for legacy systems that were already written that way. That

Capable C compilers have been around for a long time on PICs. I’ve only seen people using assembly for legacy systems that were already written that way. That said I wouldn’t use one for a new product. I think they could still have a place in education because of the quality of their data sheets and their robustness. In grad school we had a graveyard of ARM chips but the PICs put up with a really surprising amount of abuse.