On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 06:01:38PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Paul Winkler wrote: > > regexps at sixty paces? :) (output of /dev/random snipped)
Aack! I concede! Please don't hurt me no more! > enforced indenting would completely ruin this code :) That was already about as ruined as I care to imagine. :) > more seriously, i look forward to all these different scripting languages > coming together in the future - i think you can already embed perl in > python and python in perl. further, there is much talk of parrot, the new > virtual machine which perl 6 will be based on, supporting python, ruby and > java as well. http://www.parrotcode.org for details. Yes, I've been hearing about this lately - I think it's going to be A Good Thing for all. I'm very curious to see what Perl 6 will end up looking like. > > This sounds cool. Do you go across a network because you want multiple > > human users involved, or does it somehow make it easier for you to do > > what you want by yourself? > > both. i collaborate with adrian ward as 'slub'. he wrote our software > synthesiser (http://stub.org/MSG/) and writes mainly realbasic > applications under macos that also sync and communicate via the server. Oh, cool - so both of you are interacting with one synth using different languages? Can I play? :) BTW, I just looked at that page - what's up with this?? bgcolor=#dddddd text=#e4e4e4 If I hadn't looked at the source, I'd never have known anything was there - on my laptop, the text is invisible unless I look at it from a severe angle. Thanks for the description of your evolving drum machine, I'd like to hear some output from it. > i think for this code you'd have to understand how it works to a great > extent before you could make it produce interesting loops. i could be > wrong though, i'll try feeding it random parameters sometime. > > as for the passive listener, i am unsure but feel the best way to > appreciate music is as something seperate from the compositional > process... i mean, i don't think reading the code would help enjoy the > music. but again, that's down to the individual listener. That's generally how I think too. I was just curious whether your personality analogy was audible as such - I would tend to assume not, but wanted your thoughts on the matter first. -- ................ paul winkler ................ custom calendars: http://www.calendargalaxy.com A member of ARMS: http://www.reacharms.com home page: http://www.slinkp.com
