RE: SML (Synthesis Modeling Language)

From: Bert Schiettecatte (bschiett@vub.ac.be)
Date: Thu Jan 20 2000 - 05:16:30 EST


Dear,

On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Michael Gogins wrote:

> I understand you now. I still think this is a very difficult job. There are
> at least two approaches: (a) you define only very low level opcodes, in
> which case you end up with a universal programming language, or (b) you make
> the standard opcode set extensible. I recommend the latter.

As I explained before, I believe there is a big difference between
defining an universal synthesis language and simply standardizing a way to
store a data flow chart.

> You might want to check out the Ptolemy project. It is a huge resource for
> advanced DSP work. They recently have created a Java version of the system.
> The URL is http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/ptolemyII/main.htm.
>
> I mention this because Ptolemy has tools for designing synchronous dataflow
> graphs, which are what Csound and SAOL orchestras are.

I'll check it out.

thanks,

Bert.



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