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Re: Better pure heights for slurs (issue 5431065)


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: Better pure heights for slurs (issue 5431065)
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:55:32 +0100 (CET)

>> The code has your trademark incomprehensibility,
> 
> Thank you, Keith.  You know, sometimes, people think that it comes
> naturally to be so incomprehensible, but it's actually hard work.
> Usually, before writing LilyPond code, I'll read a passage from
> either Finnegans Wake or Waiting for Godot and then recite some
> Gertrude Stein poetry.  It helps me get my head in the right place.
> Of course, one likes to believe that one can always find room for
> improvement, but I actually think that I hit my zenith with one of
> my first commits via path-min-max in stencil.scm.

To further improve your skills, I suggest to read Schwitter's
`Ursonate' which starts like this:

  Fümms bö wö tää zää Uu, pögiff, kwii Ee.

You might listen to some excerpts:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X7E2i0KMqM&feature=related

And no, this is not German. :-)


     Werner



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