I must confess that when I learned about Tcl/Tk and found that it was an 

interpreted language, I was a bit surprised that it is used to any great extent for something like pd. I still think there must be a little more to the story.

Because I'm a musician, not a computer scientist, I'd love to work only 

in C++ That may sound a little strange, but It seems more prudent to focus on developing good C++ chops, which are "generically" powerful and useful, rather than a hodgepodge of languages I only sort of have a handle on. On the other hand, since I started my programming straight off with C++, to pick up a little Java would be almost trivial, and Tcl/Tk appears (I just started today) to be quite easy and straight forward. I guess it's just a balancing act like everything. But I digress. As I learn more about Tcl/Tk, I'll have to evaluate which way I want to go with building a UI for pd (if anywhere).
Given that I'm fairly familiar with what C++ can do, I'm certainly inclined to going that route, if only for my own personal version of pd.

Since I'm just getting started with Tcl/Tk, and I don't have that much 

time to spend with it, what are some of the things it's really well suited for? I'd like to think I can use it for something. I think I understand the kind of things it'd be really bad for. Ironically it seems, at least superficially, that the ultimate goal of an app like pd would be poorly served by a language like Tcl/Tk. However, since I'm also fairly new to pd, I'm sure there's all kinds of stuff I don't know about.

Sincerely, Benjamin Israel israelbenz@aol.com www.arts.uci.edu/israelbenz

I'll try anything once, except incest and folk dancing. . . Sir Thomas Beecham