<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">>From:</span></b> Miller Puckette <msp@ucsd.edu><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></b></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">>To:</span></b> Jonathan Wilkes <jancsika@yahoo.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></b></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">>Cc:</span></b> pdlist <pd-list@iem.at> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></b></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, June 16, 2013 12:56 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></b></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">>Subject:</span></b> Re: [PD] pd~ in windows<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>>Looking at this now. I notice that _pipe in windows even allows you to<br>specify buffer size which linux and MacOS don't. It might be a major<br>advantage.<br><br>>OTOH the major hassle is figuring out how to create and manage the sub-process<br>in Windows which has no wait() function. I fear people finding dozens of<br>marauding pd processes running around.<br><br>Hm, I didn't look at that part at all. Since you're looking at this I'll revisit the<br>topic later tonight and see if there are any other hints out there in the intersphere.<br><br>Short digression-- after writing the Flext mingw build tutorial I've become much<br>more understanding
of Sevy's approach of actively not supporting Windows. I<br>don't agree with it, as I think so much of Pd already runs adequately on Windows<br>to warrant pd~, too, in order to offer free software to as many users as possible.<br>But his was certainly a valid, compelling, and time-saving approach. :)<br><br>-Jonathan<br><br>>cheers<br>Miller<br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>