[chuck-users] [livecode] Call for proposals: CMJ live coding videos

[Hans Aberg]

On 5 Dec 2010, at 18:40, Kassen wrote:

>> As for the Scheme code it uses, I started writing on a parser that  
>> uses normal syntax on top of Guile.
>
> You lost me here for a moment. Do you mean that you are parsing  
> ChucK in Guile using ChucK's normal syntax?

No, I am making my own language right now using Bison/Flex, but its  
syntax is what is expected as standard. For example, (x, y) |-> x + y  
evaluates to (lambda (x y) (+ x y)). But is possible to have more  
complicated things, like functionals with variable arguments:
   (x, y, ...) (z, ...) |-> [x, y, z]
     --> (lambda (x . y) (lambda z (list x y z)))
Or calling functions:
   f(a, b)(c, d)
     --> ((f a b) c d)

> I'd be interested in hearing more about that.

I have just started, but it moves fast forward.

> Fluxus used to use Guile, BTW, now we have Racket (formerly PLT).

It actually produces Scheme code in terms of Guile objects. So it is  
possible to write it out and evaluate in another program than Guile.

>>> I also agree with Hans, but I'd say that something like Vimeo  
>>> actually *is* a museum of modern arts, side-stepping many of the  
>>> issues of "normal" musea in doing away with curators and letting  
>>> the audience enjoy works in their own time in their own way.
>>
>> It did not exist from the time of my memories. :-)
>
> Well, it does make sense that the available types of exhibition  
> spaces would grow as digital/computer arts develop. Right now that  
> seems to be a bit of a question and I'm sure things will change more  
> in the near future.
>
> I think this is a interesting attempt at addressing the issue; http://runme.org/ 
>  and right now I'm quite fascinated by the concept of having a  
> gallery exhibition that would also be as much like a arcade as  
> possible. Then of course there is the phenomenon of some artists  
> appropriating the digital stores for portable applications which  
> makes lots and lots of sense and yet raises even more questions.
>
> These are interesting times :¬)

Perhaps it with museums as with libraries.