No offense, but that sounds like a poorly funded company. We had the opposite experience, we paid for IAR since that was the only compiler to generate binary c

No offense, but that sounds like a poorly funded company. We had the opposite experience, we paid for IAR since that was the only compiler to generate binary compact enough to fit in the 256KB version of the chip and not have us spend extra to upgrade to the more expensive 512KB SKU. If you're laughing at this, do note that at scale, costs add up significantly even if we're talking about $.50 and a license to a good compiler and debugger can have an amazing return on investment.