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Re: NIFF->Lilypond converter
From: |
Han-Wen Nienhuys |
Subject: |
Re: NIFF->Lilypond converter |
Date: |
Sat, 8 Sep 2001 00:40:44 +0200 |
address@hidden writes:
> Anyway, I take the opportunity to join this list, and to hear from you
> opinions about interchange music formats.
<pompous arrogant opinion>
music formats are not relevant. Anyone can design a musical format,
and many have done so producing a lot of crap. It's much more
difficult to write a software package that actually does something
useful; the input format for the package can serve nicely as a
format. That's the litmus test for a good format: it should contain
enough information (and not more) to let a computer do something
useful with it.
</pompous arrogant opinion>
> I am not a programmer, but I'd like to learn something, mostly with regard
> to music notation software and conversion tools: I'm learning some C, but
> I'd like to have your hints about useful programming language.
> It's so interesting!
My personal favorite is Python (www.python.org), the language is not
very difficult to learn, and a lot of fun to use.
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Han-Wen Nienhuys | address@hidden | http://www.cs.uu.nl/~hanwen/