[PD] Slow cpu/RJDJ patching approach ...

[Chris McCormick]

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 04:30:24PM +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote:
> Hallo,
> Chris McCormick hat gesagt: // Chris McCormick wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 03:34:51PM +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote:
> > > Hallo,
> > > danomatika hat gesagt: // danomatika wrote:
> > > 
> > > > My point is, I wish pd didn't force me to work it's way but allow me to
> > > > work my way.  That's the beauty of patching as opposed to vsts, etc.
> > > > You have to build form the ground up.
> > > 
> > > Well, Pd is a programming language, and as with all language, you can say
> > > things you'd have wished you didn't say or with programming: It easy to overload 
> > > any machine (bang until) with a programming language.
> > 
> > I have to say that with most programming languages an infinite loop does not
> > mean an X crash. Probably I should contribute code, not words (sorry).
> 
> I never had X crash with bang-until, so that's new to me. However a loop in an
> audio language can be worse than in a "normal" programm, as software like Pd
> often is run with higher priorities to get better latency performance. Of course
> then an endless loop is a bit trickier to get out of. :(

Wow, I am so wrong. Please forgive me for this FUD!

Chris.

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