ComputerVoltageSources

ummm, forth... hadn't thot about it for a while, but there was
polansky & burk's HMSL (hierachical music specification language)
written in forth, and i think a java version that followed... as
dr.m. described, a bunch of routines that were compositionally
useful as building blocks... seems like eons ago. a whole different
universe than what we're talking about here. but those frog peak
guys did some nice stuff.

but not to stray... MBasic, just the ticket, yass yass... onward!

bbob




--- In ComputerVoltageSources@yahoogroups.com, "john mahoney"
<jmahoney@...> wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "drmabuce" <drmabuce@...>
> Subject: Re: Microprocessors in analog modules
> [snip]
> >
> > i think it's worthwhile to ask how many folks would prefer

graphic

> > development to low-level MBASIC or C or Forth coding.***
> > The number might justify the effort of a (ie) graphic-to-MBASIC
> > compiler .... to someone!
> > ...
> > ***and then just to be a smartass we should ask how many people

would

> > prefer to develop direcly in assembler .... or.... OR THE

PROCESSOR

> > CODE.... WOW!!!!!! that stuff's REALLY FAST!!!!!
> > uh....
> > MBASIC still gets my vote BTW
> > ;'>
>
>
> As one wag put it, lower level languages give you the answer

quicker, but

> later. ;-)
>
> MBASIC on the Atom Pro is fast enough for most of our purposes

here. If a

> need arises for particular routines to written in a lower level

language,

> I'd be willing to give it a go. Coding "to the bare metal" can be

fun in

> limited amounts.
>
> Forth was brought up on the Synth-DIY list, as I recall. It's

pretty obscure

> to most folks but quite popular for embedded systems. A CVS* is an

embedded

> system, no? The cool thing about Forth is that hardcore

programmers can

> create a set of custom commands which can then be used by everyone

else. So,

> the pioneers have a steep slope to climb, but they are able to

build a lift

> for everyone else -- in theory, anyway. (Note: I am not suggesting

that

> Forth be the language of choice, especially since I don't know it!

Heh...

> MBASIC works, and it's pretty darn fast on the Atom Pro.)
>
> Not to get all off-topic and nostalgic, but... my first languages

were the

> Apple ][ BASICs (Integer and Applesoft) and 6502 machine code and

assembler,

> more or less at the same time, way back in 19mumblemumble...
> --
> john
>
>
> * CVS = Computer Voltage Source
>