[PD] Pd, Max/Msp, Reaktor, Plogue Bidule... How do these compare?

[Jonathan Wilkes]

--- On Wed, 3/17/10, Marco Donnarumma <devel at thesaddj.com> wrote:

From: Marco Donnarumma <devel at thesaddj.com>
Subject: Re: [PD] Pd, Max/Msp, Reaktor, Plogue Bidule... How do these compare?
To: quietdidit at gmail.com
Cc: pd-list at iem.at
Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 11:16 AM

>As many other said before, I personally think there is nothing to >compare. All of them are quite separate environments, and i mean not only >computing capabilities, flexibility and GUI, but above all each community >supporting the projects.

>"this" is not better than "that", it's only about what fit best your >needs.
>So first point out which are exactly your needs. Learning Pd can be >difficult and exhausting in the beg, but once you get familiar with it, I >can assure you it's only pleasure. And there is a world of things you >can't do with any other software. But you have to find out what.

Hi Marco,
     What do you think makes learning Pd difficult and exhausting in the 
beginning?  Is it just a general learning curve, or are there speficic 
issues you think could be improved for the future?

-Jonathan