Re: Hello!

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

P B wrote:
> To all:
>
> Hope this isn't inappropriate.  I found Lilypond a few weeks ago and 
> have been trying to familiarize myself with it; I have a MM in 
> Performance, have done quite a bit of composing, arranging, and 
> orchestration, so I thought it would be interesting, now that I'm 
> beginning courses in computer programming, to see the guts of music 
> engraving.  I would like to learn more about how to develop things for 
> Lilypond, including a GUI interface, but I'm still pretty green on the 
> programming side.  Is there a comprehensive documentation anywhere 
> explaining the makeup of the source code?

No. The entry point is main(). Good luck.
> Also, I just saw that one of the original developers is NOT really a fan 
> of C++; if you were to try again today, what language would you use and 
> why?  I'm mostly familiar with C++ and Java (yeah, big diff there, I 
> know), 

No, C++ and Java are much the same: statically typed imperative 
prrogramming languages, with support for object orientation.  I think I 
would use a new project to start learning Haskell or OCaml.



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