Re: [Linuxsampler-devel] Programming language & other issues

[Antti B. <ant...@mi...>]

Benno Senoner wrote:
> Seems that many (even hardcore) developers prefer C over C++ or (like my
> situation some time ago) are too lazy to experiment a bit with C++.

I have to choose the latter one. Or the main reason is that I don't 
master C++, so there's this huge step to code something into the code 
created by "a wizard", and have guts to send a patch which might be 
rejected. That's my problem, though, and I'm also willing to re-learn 
the language.

Also, there's this C-only area in your plans, and that might be the one 
where I could concentrate on.

> I'm open to any suggestion regarding C vs C++ , but I guess an usable
> and full fledged LinuxSampler will become quite a big beast so I fear
> that a pure C solution will become a bit messy to manage. (IMHO).

I understand that the OO paradigm works well here, it's just that a C++ 
novice like myself finds C++ a bit messy to manage ;)

> OTOH we plan to use recompilation techniques in order to dynamically
> generate almost arbitrary signal flow diagrams within the sampler.
> This means that we will need to write sort of units (eg
> adder,multiplier, N-pole etc etc) in source form that are assembled into
> a C file which gets compiled and dynamically loaded at run time.

Sounds reasonable, even well-thought :)

I'll try to stuff myself in when it's time. I know I'm not qualified 
enough to do the most low-level hassle, as I'm still learning about the 
requirements for low latency.

-a