Re: SAOL Compiler

From: John Lazzaro (lazzaro@CS.Berkeley.EDU)
Date: Thu Jul 01 1999 - 22:21:34 EDT


> In this multiple-use, multiple-platform context it would actually be more
> useful to have a SAOL compiler that produced machine-independent, executable
> pcode, something like what Csound does. Of course Csound is almost a
> "little" language and that is why this approach is practical for Csound.

I guess in the limit, I'm expecting to be able to find an MP4 Structured
Audio decoder everywhere that I can find an "MP3 file" decoder today --
which may be approaching JVMs in ubiquity at this point, given how
many proprietary player programs are adding MP3 support.

For your application, I guess the important question is "what's that limit,
in terms of how many years away?". Anyone have a good crystal ball out
there?

                                                        --john lazzaro



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