If Csound is like assembler, then I
revere it as the LCD that provides a portal from the
ubiquitous limitations of 'higher level' sound specification
schemes, into a blissful arena where the composer finally
stands before the challenge of creation unencumbered, and
fully armed.

See how the C language is put into assembler code before it 
is made executable. The Csound score and orchestra syntax 
are both well suited to front end generation.  I often make
simple shell scripts that, given parameters, quickly generate
and execute a csound orc and score pair, giving me a higher
level of control in sound processing.  The Spartan nature of
the code facilitates this nicely.

Toby

        -There otta be a law-


> As a developer who programs in a variety of languages, I am baffled by
> the old fashioned way of writing CSound. It is very powerfull indeed,