Codewarrior vs. Cosmic C for Freescale 9S08



I have the fun (?) task of picking a compiler/debugger to use for the
Freescale MC9S08 family of microcontrollers. I have narrowed it down
to two: Codewarrior from Metrowerks (a Freescale company), and Cosmic
C. I have used Cosmic C before in a command line mode, but did not
have the debugger and so did not use it. Another peer has used
Codewarrior and generally liked it. I have CW installed and am
starting to play with it and it seems a little weird, but I am still
trying to get used to it.

I am wondering if there is an advantage to using either one. Cosmic C
is about three times the cost of CW, but I am wondering if it might be
worth the extra cost. For me personally, I do not use the IDE to
write code; I use CodeWright for that. So, I am not real concerned at
how well either one is at code entry. Others on my team might want a
good IDE however.

Has anyone out there used both of these products and can give me any
recommendations on one over the other? Thanks.
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