Thanks for the response. Is 'Notes from the Metalevel' still relevant to learning the current version of CM3?
On 29 Apr 2011, at 23:06, Heinrich Taube wrote: > > On Apr 29, 2011, at 4:16 AM, publst wrote: > >> When learning Common Music from scratch which is the recommended language: >> Sal or Scheme? > > hi, if you are comfortable with prefix notation or have programmed in the > past then use scheme, if not i would use sal since its easier to learn. ive > taught with both and can definitely say that students pick it up much faster > and more easily than scheme, my first semester course gets lots more done > than it did using lisp syntax > > that said, if you need the full expressive features of scheme then there is > no substitute. > >> >> Given that all the examples in 'Notes from the Metalevel' are in Scheme: >> what are the advantages of learning Sal? > > infix, easy to learn (very little syntax) > >> >> Is one language more functionally capable than the other? > > hard to beat scheme for expressive power! the question is: do you need that. > >> >> Will 'Notes from the Metalevel' be updated to include Sal? > > not sure, maybe on sabbatical! > if you boot Grace you can give both a try , look in the Help menu for > examples and tutorials for both > > > >> Thanks >> _______________________________________________ >> Cmdist mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://ccrma-mail.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/cmdist >
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