[GEM-dev] Slow Lua [was: Re: Why is [hsv2rgb] implemented as an abstraction?]

[marius schebella]

please frank,
keep lua discussion also on the pd list! everything so far was really 
related to pd, and is important to know.
marius.

Frank Barknecht wrote:
> Hallo,
> Wesley Smith hat gesagt: // Wesley Smith wrote:
> 
>> Taking this method to the extreme a friend of mine has made a
>> scriptable DSP system using Lua called Vessel which is bundled into
>> the Lua~ max external.  The source is available and could easily be
>> built into a pd external.  See:
>> http://www.mat.ucsb.edu/%7Ewakefield/lua%7E/lua%7E.htm .
> 
> I've seen this while browsing the lua~ page. Unfortunatly the license
> of the underlying synz lib you are using is not compatible with pdlua
> in requiring written consent of the original author. synz may be
> compatible with a non-GPL pdlua, but I'd prefer a real open source
> library.
> 
> Anyway, thanks for all your inspiring remarks. I'll go subscribe to
> lua-av - if alone to not get on the nerves of Pd and Gem people with
> Lua stuff too much. ;) 
> 
> Ciao