Re: [sc-users] Compiled language similar to sc ?

[nescivi <nescivi@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 09 March 2009 13:23:46 jostM wrote:
> > I think Faust's model is better: a higher-level abstraction that can
> > be compiled into a variety of contexts. Imagine a function description
> > of a "piece" that could be compiled into SC, or ChucK, or csound, or
> > nyquist, or *gasp* MSP, or the next big thing that hasn't been
> > invented yet.
>
> yes, and that would also make programming music more like writing a
> score for a traditional  instrument, and less involved with the the
> technicalities of programming.  Until you are really good as SC, it can
> be hard not to have implementation complexities distract from your
> musical ideas.

This is a rather complicated issue.
It is hard these days to distinguish where implementation issues inform 
compositional choices. A better understanding of the implementation, usually 
leads to less naive compositional choices, especially when it concerns 
interactive (another loaded word) compositons.
It is also hard to distinguish between what is the composition and what is the 
instrument, where are the boundaries between instrument design and 
composition? Where is the boundary between composer and performer?

This can be a long discussion which warrants a thread of its own.

sincerely,
Marije

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