Re: FRP

Peter Van Roy <[email protected]> Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:21:08 +0100

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James McCartney wrote:
> On 3/20/07, Shriram Krishnamurthi <[email protected]> wrote:
>> James,
>>
>> I hope we didn't give the impression that we're building the first
>> dataflow language.  If anything, our citations alone should put to
>> rest any such claim.
>>
>> So is SuperCollider also a dataflow language?  Sounds like it -- and
>> the more merrier.  Is SuperCollider the first dataflow language?  Not
>> by a long shot, either.
>
> No, I will limit my claim to being the first real time interactive
> music synthesis system in a high level (i.e. closures, real time GC)
> language.
Speaking of music synthesis, I will be giving a keynote talk
at the IRCAM colloquium on computing paradigms for music
(June 11, 2007).  One of the themes of this colloquium is how
to bridge the two main directions in computer music, namely
music composition and music synthesis.

Peter Van Roy