[music-dsp] programming languages for real-time audio

[Darren Landrum]

Darren Landrum wrote:
> Stephen Sinclair wrote:
>> On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 6:21 PM, victor <Victor.Lazzarini at nuim.ie> wrote:
>>> I think Mike's reply was probably the bottom line: if you want speed
>>> and efficiency, it has to be C or C++ (or a similar compiled language).
>>> Java appears to be the alternative, but not as efficient.
>>
>> Of course, I'll grudgingly accept the status quo that C or C++ is the
>> only real answer here.
> 
> Has anyone taken a close look at Ocaml for real-time DSP?
> 
> http://caml.inria.fr/about/index.en.html

I guess I should clarify: I'm aware that FFTW is written using Ocaml, 
but I'm under the impression that the part written in Ocaml is a code 
generator that makes C code (not unlike Faust, actually). Someone please 
correct me if this is wrong.

What I'm really curious about is if anyone ever managed to make a 
plug-in or other music-DSP-type program in Ocaml. Thank you!

Regards,
Darren Landrum