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Re: [microsound] In the Defense of Max (was: development environment)
On Jan 28, 2005, at 10:33 AM, Michal Seta wrote:
PD has the same right-to-left principle. The ambiguities arise in
situations where there are several patch chords originating at the same
outlet.
Right.
Regardless
of theoretical premise of the right-to-left principle, taking the
necessary steps to enforce the order in a crucial situation is simply
good practice. Treatment with the slightest bit of care :)
I agree here for the most part. On occasion though I'm lazy, and for
code I'm likely to never edit again, I like being able to knock it out
without trigger objects. ;-)
I do agree with the fact that (visual) dataflow languages don't scale
well. Regardless of how well you encapsulate and abstract, large
projects are not easy to manage. However, I don't follow Max
development and I haven't been near it in years, maybe it makes it
easier now. I speak from a point of view of a PD user.
I find that keeping a notebook (virtually or otherwise), or liberally
commenting, is necessary for big projects. It can really help
sometimes.
- John
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