Talk:Pure Data

Naming
http://www.crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/techniques/latest/book-html/node14.html

He refers to it as Pd not pd. - Omegatron 15:40, Dec 7, 2004 (UTC)

Additionally the full name of the programm is "Pure Data" with uppercase "D", though the abbreviation is "Pd" with lowercase "d", according to its inventor, Miller Puckette. So this page should redirect to Pure_Data, and not the other way around, as it is done currently. I don't know Wikipedia enough to know how this is made here, though... - Frank Barknecht 3/30/06: Done. -DG

I put back mention of "dataflow programming" on the article, because it seems important to give the reader a general sense of the structure and "feel" of the language. Qualified with the word "arguably", because it's agreed that Pd doesn't meet the strict definition of "dataflow", but it's close enough to be grouped in the family. - david golightly

Structures
A suggestion for the description of pointers and data structures: "Unlike other audio programming environments, Pure Data allows the creation of customizable lists of items, called scalars. These items each have assignable parameters (identified in Data Structures) that can be accessed individually using pointers and edited, displayed, or applied as values while the program runs.  At its most basic level, a data structure allows the storing, retrieving, and viewing of data which can automate any of Pure Data's other functions.  This could mean complex score languages, automatic settings changes, storing presets, or visually displaying data that would otherwise be invisible." "Data Structures," "pointers," and "scalars" could maybe link to more in-depth articles on those things. What does everyone think? -Chuckk

Learning Pd
Oh God... I'm trying to learn PureData. Utterly incomprehensible, and the Wikipedia entry doesn't help one iota. Oh this is terrible. Enough to drive a man to drink. --Zubedar 14:18, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * mailing list, wiki, support forums, sample patches, lots of sites with patches, events, conferences, what more do you want? However, I will embrace your plaint in the spirit of adding info to this page about training and tutorials... soon. --Yestheycan (talk) 09:48, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

It can be tough but once you get the first seed of how to use it (I don't know where I found it either but I was extremely frustrated at first too) But once it works... wow what a powerful system... 207.179.90.162 (talk) 20:11, 16 December 2008 (UTC)