<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Thanks for the response.</div><div><br></div><div>Is 'Notes from the Metalevel' still relevant to learning the current version of CM3?</div><br><div><div>On 29 Apr 2011, at 23:06, Heinrich Taube wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><br>On Apr 29, 2011, at 4:16 AM, publst wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">When learning Common Music from scratch which is the recommended language: Sal or Scheme?<br></blockquote><br>hi, if you are comfortable with prefix notation or have programmed in the past then use scheme, if not i would use sal since its easier to learn. ive taught with both and can definitely say that students pick it up much faster and more easily than scheme, my first semester course gets lots more done than it did using lisp syntax<br><br>that said, if you need the full expressive features of scheme then there is no substitute.<br><br><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Given that all the examples in 'Notes from the Metalevel' are in Scheme: what are the advantages of learning Sal?<br></blockquote><br>infix, easy to learn (very little syntax)<br><br><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Is one language more functionally capable than the other?<br></blockquote><br>hard to beat scheme for expressive power! the question is: do you need that.<br><br><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Will 'Notes from the Metalevel' be updated to include Sal?<br></blockquote><br>not sure, maybe on sabbatical!<br>if you boot Grace you can give both a try , look in the Help menu for examples and tutorials for both<br><br><br><br><blockquote type="cite">Thanks<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Cmdist mailing list<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="mailto:Cmdist@ccrma.stanford.edu">Cmdist@ccrma.stanford.edu</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://ccrma-mail.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/cmdist">http://ccrma-mail.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/cmdist</a><br></blockquote><br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>