Hi, Regarding documentation a number of years ago there was a documentation push which resulted in
http://write.flossmanuals.net/chuck/tutorials/ That tends to have more detail than the site but not as much as the books. Is there a topic you think needs particular attention Joel? Scott On 16 January 2018 at 16:46, Joel Matthys <jwmatt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi. > > It would be good to hear from the devs about what ChucK is up to right now, > but I want to point out that development hasn't stopped. The GitHub source > code repo shows quite a few changes were just checked in, including what > appears to be a new "chuck-engine-2017." I just pulled the changes and I'm > curious to read the source code and see if there's are new features or a > performance bump. > > I would say that there is a need for improved documentation--always a huge > problem in FOSS--and the recent Kadenze courses and book are a move in the > right direction. It would be really nice to have some updates from the devs > and a way to build the community around ChucK. Maybe that's more on us than > the devs. > > Joel > > On 01/13/2018 05:19 AM, mario buoninfante wrote: > > Hi, > > I'd like to ask the same question about the development status. > > the only thing I can say is that also if the development seems to be a bit > stuck, on the other side I noticed that they're pushing on the educational > side (see Kadenze courses), and if you look at the github repository, > there's been some update in the last 2 years. > > but as you guys said, it's important to know what's the plan ;) > > it's a couple of years I'm really diving into ChucK and I strongly believe > that is a good programming language which opens up a lot of possibilities > that other languages don't. > > but at the same time I feel like it's been a bit abandoned (maybe that's a > huge word, let's say put aside ;) ) and of course using a "tool" which has > an "uncertain future" it's not the best thing. > > I wish I was able to offer my contribution to the development, but > unfortunately I'm not really into C/C++, I'm more a "scripting language guy" > :) > > btw, it would be nice to hear what developers and/or other users have to say > about it. > > > cheers, > > Mario > > > > On 12/01/18 22:14, Gonzalo wrote: > > Yes, I'm wondering the same thing. There's a Facebook group > (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1593843507578422/) but it doesn't look > super active either. > > As far as static strings: I'm pretty sure you just can't have static > non-primitives. What are you trying to achieve? > > Cheers, > Gonzalo > > > On 13.01.18 00:20, Atte wrote: > > Hi > > I've been away for a long time and surprised that activity seems to have > slowed down a lot, both on the development of new releases chuck and the > life of this list. Am I looking at the wrong places? What's the status of > chuck development now and in the future? > > I really like chuck (mostly the timing and sporking including > Machine.add()), should I look other places for a language that will privide > a more secure future? I'm on linux and looked at Csound, Super Collider and > PD, each has it's challenges in how I work (realtime generative and > algorithmic MIDI), python seems to have realtime problems (garbage > collection at random points). Any idea what former chuck users have switched > to now? > > Back to chuck! A problem that I never been able to solve, static strings: > > public class A { > "b" @=> static string B; > > public static void C(){ > <<<B>>>; > } > } > > That throws an error, how would I go about what I'm trying to do? > > Cheers > > > > _______________________________________________ > chuck-users mailing list > chuck-users@lists.cs.princeton.edu > https://lists.cs.princeton.edu/mailman/listinfo/chuck-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > chuck-users mailing list > chuck-users@lists.cs.princeton.edu > https://lists.cs.princeton.edu/mailman/listinfo/chuck-users > _______________________________________________ chuck-users mailing list chuck-users@lists.cs.princeton.edu https://lists.cs.princeton.edu/mailman/listinfo/chuck-users
