Eric Scheirer wrote:

> > But, until now (alpha or beta version?), SAOL is very slow on PCs
> (at
> > least 10 times slower
> > than Csound).This makes realtime almost impossible.
>
> Again, it's important to keep in mind the distinction between
> "language"
> and "implementation".  Languages have properties like "richness",
> "clarity", "power", "simplicity", and "definition".  Implementations
> have properties like "speed", "portability", "compliance", and so
> forth.
> It so happens that my own implementation 'saolc' is a very slow
> implementation of SAOL, the language, but this is not a property of
> the language.  (This is one reason that I gave the implementation a
> different name, 'saolc'.  Above, you really mean to say "'saolc' is
> very
> slow on PCs" which I heartily agree with).

OK, OK. I meant "current saolc implementation on PCs" is very slow.
Excuse me!! I hope Saol will overtake the speed of Csound on the same
platforms, because I belive it is a very good heir in the future.

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