On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 2:45 PM, yvan volochine <yvan.pd@gmail.com> wrote:
1. How do they compare against each other?

I only know a bit csound and am an everyday sc user.
- I find csound oldschool syntax pretty boring but maybe that's just me.

I find SC syntax pretty ugly, so I guess it is all a matter of taste.
 
- sc is a killer for realtime dsp.

So is CSound, no?
 
- sc-list is *extremely* active and helpful.

polyphony in pd is a nightmare, you get it for free in sc:

// 128 sine waves with random freq mixed down to stereo:
{ Splay.ar(SinOsc.ar({ExpRand(100, 5e3)} ! 128)) }.play

You get it for free in CSOund. 
 
(advertising-mode off) best is of course to try them all and see for yourself !

I agree. And to add to the choices, I suggest you all take a look at http://code.google.com/p/pyo/
You program it in python so its syntax is prettier than CS and SC and modules are coded in C so it is fast.

 Cheers,

./MiS