16 Dec
2004
16 Dec
'04
4:41 p.m.
Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Martin Peach wrote:
As I understand it, the XML format is only for storing patchers in a way that will ensure that they can be reliably reproduced on any supported platform. Nobody is talking about changing messages.
What counts as a platform here and what's the problem with decoding the .pd format on any platform from any programming language ?
In the usual sense, currently pd seems to work on linux, MacOSX, Windows... The only problem I have with the pd format is that if you introduce new features into it, it's not backwards-compatible. A robust XML parser will ignore tags it doesn't handle.
Martin