I read:
What I need to know is does max have tcp sockets and if so, is there any
there are some netsend/receive objects out there for max but AFAIR they cause more troubles than they solve, OSC would be the way to go I guess
point of sending textual data to it (ie can it split and process text like pd can)?
yes, lot's of, and if all else fails there is macperl ;)
regards,
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