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
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