[PD] Re: synthesizers / drums / effects ..etc

[Mathieu Bouchard]

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005, Chris McCormick wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 11:59:23PM +0100, pd-list-request at iem.at wrote:
> > On Wed, 14 Dec 2005, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> > > You could write a suite of objects instead of one monolithic one with 13
> > > inlets and 42 arguments.  Then you get the advantages of code reuse without
> > > having to mess with subpatches.
> > Yeah, but what happens in this case is that this suite of abstractions
> > would have one or two objects each (plus [inlet]s and [outlet]s). I'm 
> > talking about the case when most of the patching may count as 
> > configuration.
> So learn LISP and then abandon yr attachment to the Von Neumann architecture.

Questions:

1. what's the link between LISP and abandoning vonNeumann arch ?

2. what's the link between what you are replying to and abandoning 
vonNeumann arch ?

Because I don't have a clue. :-)

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