Re: [microsound] Max/MSP

[Jeremy Tolsma <ccws@xxxxxxxx>]

> On 01/06/01 18:32, Jeremy Tolsma said in living color:
>
> > C is a lot more difficult than C++
>
> Huh?

Ok, if you're a C coder you may have trouble getting your brain around the
concepts of object oriented programming.  But if you're not, then OOP is
much easier.  OOP means you borrow libraries that are already coded, and
form your new program as a patchwork of those libraries.  Occasionally you
might have to write your own library, but most of the time whatever you can
imagine doing has already been coded by someone else, so you simply include
the library in your program and access it accordingly.  This in essence is
the strength of OOP (well, also that you can change objects without recoding
the whole program).  Its like using samples in your music or being a
turntable DJ.  You're creating something new by using already formed peices.

This is why its funny to see people take an elitest attitude with their
'plug-in programming' with OOP languages.  What they're doing is no
different than using a rompler, in my opinion.  I am not denigrating anyone
for this!  I am celebrating it and trying to demystify it.