[PD] proof-of-concept [hsext] for writing pd externals in Haskell

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Jan 6, 2007, at 9:51 AM, Mathieu Bouchard wrote:

> On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>
>> Have you seen the "loader" functionality?  If you made this into a  
>> Haskell loader, then you could write native Pd objects in Haskell.
>
> Claude has already written a pd object class in Haskell.
>
> Now, will you stop claiming that the loader functionality has more  
> power than what it really has. The loader isn't what enables one to  
> write native Pd objects. :-(

The loader is the final piece in the puzzle that was preventing  
people from writing native objects in other languages.  Yes, you  
still have to port the Pd API to whatever language you are using,  
that's why I pointed to the CLR version.

.hc

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