On 9/13/07, Michael Gogins wrote: > There is a third approach, which is to use a language that has high > performance and a built-in compiler. Examples of such languages are Lisp, > OCaml, and C#. Java also might be considered in this category although the > user would need to install the compiler. Such languages can run 1/2 to 1/3 > as fast as C. Sure. My preference would be for something that has an interpreter available, like Lisp or Ocaml. The latter looks very interesting, and I can imagine using it myself for a project, but it might be a bit much for novice programmers. > I wrote a prototype synthesizer in Java, and it was indeed 1/3 to 1/4 as > fast as Csound. But of course, this would not really be satisfactory. If I could have a beautiful, simple language/interface/etc, I would be quite happy with running four times slower. My interest is mainly non-real-time, though. Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Csound-devel mailing list Csound-devel@lists.sourceforge.net