[PD] 0.37 must 'Cut' cables?

[Mathieu Bouchard]

On Sat, 13 Sep 2003, Larry Troxler wrote:
> On Saturday 13 September 2003 03:13, pix wrote:
> > if segmented patchcords are such a sin, why hasn't told the  integrated
> > circuit industry?

I was about to say that, but I wanted my answer to remain short. Actually
I've had call me because he would have liked to reuse jMax's patcher
system for some kind of peculiar automated circuit design system he's
working on. I don't recall exactly what I did say, but I recommended
against jMax and against PureData.

> Ok, maybe the analogy is poor, because in a circuit schematic, a line
> represents a single node, and not data flow, so a better example would
> be block diagrams or flow charts.

I don't understand what you say. By node I would understand inlet or
outlet, using the meaning from Graph Theory. Of course what goes along the
lines is not quite like in PureData, and rather is the propagation of
voltage difference and current, without differentiation between inlets 
and outlets... but none of those differences seem to affect layout so
much that segmented patchcords go from relevant to irrelevant...

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