Hey Sandeep,
Io has some interesting lisp-like ideas of metaprogramming:
http://hackety.org/2008/01/05/ioHasAVeryCleanMirror.html
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On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Sandeep Puri <lapax_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> Alex,
> I'd like to get in there, however, I'm not sure I have
> much to offer yet. I just came across fluxus.
> Intrigued by it, and livecoding, I've stumbled across
> other things like processing, chuck etc.. which was, i
> have to admit, pushed by the book 'Practical Ruby
> Projects: Ideas for the Eclectic Programmer'
>
> Some thoughts follow:
>
> I've always been intrigued by lisp (((and scheme
> etc..))), the notion of code=data=code, but never had
> a chance to explore it fully. What struck a chord with
> fluxus was the fact that, if one wanted, one could,
> without sweat, have the performance modify the
> performance itself, with the livecoder playing the
> part of the conductor. Granted fluxus is mostly about
> the visual part of livecoding, but there are other
> platforms out there about manipulating sound, and
> music, programmatically.
>
> Because of this, I've recently come across clojure,
> http://www.clojure.org. It is a lisp by all standards,
> which also lets one easily interact with any java
> libraries out there. I'm trying to get my hands around
> clojure and see if I can contribute to livecoding
> somehow.
>
> I think the notion of creativity, visual or audio,
> applies really well with self-modifiable systems (ala
> fluxus) as well, as long as one believes that a
> creator of art can also be defined as an
> orchestrator of art-creation.
>
> Thoughts, comments are welcome. I'd especially welcome
> opinions by folks who've done some work along these
> lines that I can learn from.
>
> my blog is at http://lapax.wordpress.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- alex <alex_at_lurk.org> wrote:
>
> >
> > Drop me an email if you'd like to go in here, it's a
> > bit lonely at the
> > moment!
> > http://planet.toplap.org/
> >
> > The idea isn't to have only blog entries with
> > livecoding content, just
> > blogs by livecoders... An easy way to keep in touch
> > with what we're
> > thinking/doing, live coding related or otherwise.
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> > alex
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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Received on Sat Apr 12 2008 - 16:20:29 BST