Dear all,

Have you read Qian Chen's message on "Why Csound"?  Is it true that we do not need to modify the Csound code and generate sound file on different platform?

Kay
>Dear Kay,
>
>Sorry for my late reply since there has been something wrong with my
>internet access.  I have read all the "Why Csound" email and would
>like to add one more reason, that is, we can program orchestra file
>and score file only once and have them compiled on different hardware
>platform, using different version of Csound.  That is like the most
>popular programming language - Sun Microsystems' Java.  Java is a
>write-once-run-anywhere language.  We can name Csound as a
>write-once-generate-anywhere language.
>
>Anything wrong?  Please point out.
>
>Regards
>Qian Chen
>
>
>
>
>---Kay Q Lee  wrote:
>>
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> I am new to this mailing list.  I just took part in it today!  So if
>the question here has been asked by someone else before, please
>forgive me.
>> 
>> What I would like to know is why we choose Csound.  As far as I
>know, Csound is a synthesis language.  It can really make a lot of
>sounds that do not exist in the world.  But don't you think
>synthesisers and samplers are great enough to realize it?  So why
>Csound?  Could someone out there give me some advice so that I will be
>clear about it?
>> 
>> Thanks for your bandwidth.
>> 
>> Regards
>> Kay
>> 
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Yes; I regularly switch between Windows and Unix with the same
files (orcsco/samples).  That has been a driving aim for me; all
Csounds should be the same.  We are not there yet, and indeed have
recently gone backwards, but that is certainly the aim.

Many users seem to have PC's at home and Unix at universities etc.  I
cannot see any good reason for them to differ except in GUI terms.

==John