The 'curse' is not C++, but departing from the main branch. All versions of Csound whether they use C++ or not have faded in favor of the 'canonical' version because that version has more developers -- it's that simple.

Making the CSOUND struct into a true C++ class would be a big win for Csound -- it would make it run faster, make it easier to maintain, and make it easier to understand. If I didn't want to actually compose music, I would do the work myself.

Regards,
Mike

-----Original Message-----
>From: Victor Lazzarini 
>Sent: Mar 7, 2007 5:40 AM
>To: csound-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
>Subject: [Cs-dev] did anyone see this?
>
>I went to have a look what new directions the c++ version
>of csound5 (www.sf.net/projects/csound5) and it now reads:
>
>As of 2007-02-13 17:20, this project is no longer under active development
>
>So, yet another csound spin-off bites the dust. [This looks like a C++ curse,
>everytime someone goes off to 'fix' the code into a C++ version, it doesn't get
>anywhere).
>
>
>Victor Lazzarini
>Music Technology Laboratory
>Music Department
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I think that the most important thing for a succesful open source
project is having a community, and that's what the canonical branch has
always had.

Cheers,
Andrés

Michael Gogins wrote:
> The 'curse' is not C++, but departing from the main branch. All versions of Csound whether they use C++ or not have faded in favor of the 'canonical' version because that version has more developers -- it's that simple.
>
> Making the CSOUND struct into a true C++ class would be a big win for Csound -- it would make it run faster, make it easier to maintain, and make it easier to understand. If I didn't want to actually compose music, I would do the work myself.
>
> Regards,
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
>   
>> From: Victor Lazzarini 
>> Sent: Mar 7, 2007 5:40 AM
>> To: csound-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
>> Subject: [Cs-dev] did anyone see this?
>>
>> I went to have a look what new directions the c++ version
>> of csound5 (www.sf.net/projects/csound5) and it now reads:
>>
>> As of 2007-02-13 17:20, this project is no longer under active development
>>
>> So, yet another csound spin-off bites the dust. [This looks like a C++ curse,
>> everytime someone goes off to 'fix' the code into a C++ version, it doesn't get
>> anywhere).
>>
>>
>> Victor Lazzarini
>> Music Technology Laboratory
>> Music Department
>> National University of Ireland, Maynooth 
>>
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