[PD] PD 64 bits precision "for real"?

[jayrope]

Why do we need _any_ name change?
Any obvious version jump would do it already, 0.6, no?

So PD would become ... PDX. Oh well. Tacky.

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Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 15:51:11 +0100
From: Allister Sinclair <allistersinclair at gmail.com>
To: Martin Peach <chakekatzil at gmail.com>
Cc: Dan Wilcox <danomatika at gmail.com>, Pd-List <pd-list at lists.iem.at>
Subject: Re: [PD] Pd 64 bits precision "for real"?
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but they're already at gpt3

Le lun. 23 nov. 2020 à 15:45, Martin Peach <chakekatzil at gmail.com> a écrit :

> or dippidydoo, dpd2
>
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 7:24 AM Dan Wilcox <danomatika at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I think "pd64" is fine, otherwise the list get's catchy/dumb:
>>
>> pdpd (haha)
>> pd two-times
>> pd again
>> pd double trouble
>> pd dubs'
>> pd-sharp (less rounding)
>> ...
>>
>> I would fine "dppd" confusing unless we go ahead and re-brand ala "pd
> vanilla" and "double-dipped pd" aka "dppd"...
>>
>> On Nov 23, 2020, at 12:00 PM, pd-list-request at lists.iem.at wrote:
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 09:22:49 +0100
>> From: IOhannes m zmoelnig <zmoelnig at iem.at>
>> To: pd-list at lists.iem.at
>> Subject: Re: [PD] Pd 64 bits precision "for real"?
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>> On 11/23/20 12:25 AM, Martin Peach wrote:
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>> It should be named dppd to avoid confusion imho.
>>
>>
>> or pddp (or is that already taken?)
>>
>> when csound switched to double precision they renamed things to
>> "csound64" (with "things" being at least the libraries that hold the
>> engine).
>>
>> so i like pd64 better, as it is obvious that this is still Pd (and not
>> just some nice palindromic acronym).
>>
>> but anyhow, yes: we probably need a catchy name.
>>
>> fgmadsr
>> IOhannes
>>

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