What is a Csound orchestra interpreter?

Regards,
Mike

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>From: Victor Lazzarini 
>Sent: Jul 11, 2006 1:30 PM
>To: Developer discussions 
>Subject: Re: [Cs-dev] Future of Csound
>
>The API is there and you can access it through
>C, C++, Java, Python, Tcl, Lisp and Lua.
>
>Documentation is something that needs to be tackled.
>At the moment, the best way is to read csound.h,
>there is some good info there.
>
>As for the future of Csound, I will read Mikes ideas
>with interest. I have a few of my own:
>
>- signal arrays
>- dynamic loading-unloading of instruments
>- a csound orchestra interpreter
>
>Victor
>
>
>>
>> Michael Gogins wrote:
>>
>> > A while ago I said I would post my suggestions for the
>> > future of Csound, and  for managing Csound development.
>> Here they are.
>>
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>> Thanks for posting this. Its interesting to see discussion
>> like this out in the open.
>>
>> I must admit that my interest in Csound is more as a user
>> than as a developer. As a user I found have found it
>> rather difficult to move from the ORC/SCO input to a input
>> that maps better to how I would like to work. These
>> difficulties caused me too look elsewhere,  specifically
>> to SuperCollider. Unfortunately I can not even get a sound
>> out of SC so I'm back here with Csound :-).
>>
>> Some of the stuff that really piqued my interest was this:
>>
>>     "Developers of music software who can use Csound and
>> the Csound
>>     API as a synthesis engine in their applications."
>>
>> This might be the easiest way for me to get to where I
>> want to go. Is this API documented? Is there any example
>> code? Is the API stable?
>>
>> If there is such an API, I would be tempted to try and
>> access it via my favourite high level language, Ocaml :-).
>>
>> Finally, you write "Csound must maintain complete backward
>> compatibility". Is this backward compatibility desired for
>> ORC/SCOs  or does it relate to the API as well?
>>
>> Erik
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