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Alternative jvm languages


dmmd
Apr 23 2013 | 4:57 pm

I’m curious if anyone has played around with languages other than java on the jvm for writing max/msp externals? I compiled some simple externals using Scala this morning, and it seems, to me at least, that could be interesting to write msp objects in a functional manner.


nick rothwell / cassiel
Apr 23 2013 | 10:59 pm

A couple here:

https://github.com/cassiel/net.loadbang.jython
https://github.com/cassiel/net.loadbang.clojure

Adam Murray has also done Ruby.

I had a look at Scala several years ago and concluded that, while it compiles to the JVM, it can’t be embedded as as "live" interpreter, which is what I was after.


larme
Apr 25 2013 | 4:01 pm

Clojure + nrepl is a great combination.


Charley Lanusse
Nov 24 2013 | 10:26 am

I’m writing mxj patches in Scala and it works fine. The trick is to make sure the Scala library (scala-library.jar) is on your class path.


nick rothwell / cassiel
Nov 24 2013 | 10:56 am

Are you precompiling subclasses of `MaxObject` beforehand, or somehow loading Scala source into a dynamic system?


Roth
Jan 04 2014 | 10:34 am

https://github.com/cassiel/net.loadbang.clojure

+1

This is great!

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