Marco Donnarumma escribió:
Well, what is reasonable is quite subjective though.
You have a point :)
Anyway I referred to a "global" comparison, as you said the (_computing_) domain of both do overlap, but I specified the importance that IMHO the community supporting the project has. I personally don't think the community approach of Max is comparable to Pd.
I agree here. Well, I don't know if I agree that they are not comparable, I agree they are hugely different. But yes, when you need to chose between two "comparable" software, the kind of community surrounding them is a factor you have to take into account, and indeed, neither "kind of community" is better, it is just a matter of which one best suit your needs (i.e.: you prefer a company that sells the software and that can give you support for a fee, or that you can expect support from since you paid the software, or you may prefer an open source community where thanks to open source fixes and solutions are often quickly available)...... so it's like you said
reading documentation is not the only way to learn something. Again, the way you look for knowledge depends just on your personal approach.
Yes of course; I was just pointing out a particular aspect, that is documentation (in a somewhat wide sense though: documentation proper i.e. manual; help patches; tutorials...)
(anyway there is plenty of documentation about Pd,
Yeah, it is not a matter of quantity ;)
But however, I am a fan of Pd, don't make me feel like I am "on the opposite side" :)