[PD] Sorry to ask, Medieval QUestion

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Pd also runs as a web browser plugin, graphical data structures, and  
namespacing (tho somewhat rudamentary).

You can write Pd objects in C, C++, python, ruby, C#, and guile.

The documentation for Pd is lacking in parts, but you can learn a lot  
from the Max docs.

.hc

On Feb 15, 2006, at 8:37 PM, derek holzer wrote:

> Renato Fabbri wrote:
>> Leaving monney aside, are there any advantages in PD
>> in contrast with Max/MSP?
>
> It runs on many different kinds of hardware...IPaq, XBox, Ipod,  
> IRIX/SGI, older PCs & Macs, embedded processors (someday?)...
>
> It runs on older hardware under Linux which would just get bogged down  
> by the latest bloated OSX/XP/etc operating systems.
>
> It is open and free, meaning you don't have to make silly "stand  
> alones" to share your work with others. (Although I will admit that  
> the ability to make VST/AU/etc plugins would be a great benefit... see  
> several earlier threads on this topic.)
>
>> I´ve heard that PD runs slower than max on the same
>> MAC. I guess it is true depending what you are doing
>> (intuitively).
>
> There's big problems with the GUI under OSX, it's true. I can't run  
> any of my PD Linux performance patches under OSX on the same Powerbook  
> without totally losing control of the mouse, keyboard etc.
>
>> btw, in PCs, does PD run way better on linuks?
>
> Incredible difference, due to the fact that most of the PD development  
> is done on Linux, and the fact that Linux is (usually) much more  
> stripped down and "clean" than OSX or windows, which allows a lot more  
> resources for PD to use.
>
>> Please be nice and don´t get angry.
>
> Have a nice day in the garden.
> d.
>
>
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>
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