There are some spelling errors, maybe a native speaker can look over this, as I would surly overlook some.
Here's a slightly cleaned-up version by a native speaker.
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Renick Bell wrote:
There are some spelling errors, maybe a native speaker can look over this, as I would surly overlook some.
Here's a slightly cleaned-up version by a native speaker.
thanks, i have updated the page (although i prefer "pd" instead of "PD")
mfg.asd.r IOhannes
Hallo, IOhannes m zmoelnig hat gesagt: // IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
Renick Bell wrote:
There are some spelling errors, maybe a native speaker can look over this, as I would surly overlook some.
Here's a slightly cleaned-up version by a native speaker.
thanks, i have updated the page (although i prefer "pd" instead of "PD")
The "official" version in "Pd", at least in:
Puckette, M. 1996. "Pure Data: another integrated computer music environment." Proceedings, Second Intercollege Computer Music Concerts, Tachikawa, Japan, pp. 37-41.
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Puckette, M. 1996. "Pure Data." Proceedings, International Computer Music Conference. San Francisco: International Computer Music Association, pp. 269-272.
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