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
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