[PD] Scripting

mark mark at junklight.com
Mon Feb 25 14:43:15 CET 2002


I thought about perl but I have to relearn perl every time I need to 
use it - its the only languae I use regularly that I need loads of 
reference books for - as a contrast whilst the C programming I am 
doing for PD is the first C /C++ I have done for nearly 6 years 
I can still remember a lot of the  functions and libraries.

mark 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Barknecht [mailto:barknech at ph-cip.uni-koeln.de]
> Sent: 25 February 2002 13:04
> To: 'Pd-List'
> Subject: Re: [PD] Scripting
> 
> 
> mark hat gesagt: // mark wrote:
> 
> > I gave some serious thought to the scripting thing last 
> night. I am thinking
> > of building a "python" external that would allow simple 
> scripts - you
> > would make make an object:
> > 
> > 	py scriptname
> > 
> > which would take a python class that is similar in 
> structure to the external
> > "class" structure used by externals currently - obviously a 
> bit more simple.
> > No DSP of course (can't imagine it would be vaguely fast enough).
> > Python is a good fit with PD I belive - it does good list type
> > manipulation (in fact it will be easy to write a set of list
> > manipulation externals which I have been wanting for a 
> while now) and
> > its got some quite nifty features. Oh and I want to learn it which
> > strikes me as a good a reason as any ;-)
> 
> I like the idea very much. Larry Troxler started something similar
> with his PD-Scheme external, maybe you can get some inspiration here
> (http://www.westnet.com/~lt/pd/). Python is not that far away from
> Scheme in some regards. I would probably prefer Python as a scripting
> language, as I know this a lot better than I know Scheme. I 
> know Perl even
> better, but I am always happy *not* having to write in Perl anymore ;)
> 
> bye,
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