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Note: please do not ask questions about REAPER features, bugs or scheduling, use the forums instead.

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Question: which assembler do you use for eel?
Asked by gio (94.66.87.x) on April 17 2012, 8:09am
Reply on April 17 2012, 5:00pm:

msvc/gcc inline assembler for 32 bit/ppc, and nasm for 64 bit. EEL2 is part of WDL, if you want to check it out (though that version is a bit old compared to what I'm working with now). Comment...

Question: Have there been any major rewrites of Reaper or has the original design held up?
Asked by David (69.15.110.x) on April 16 2012, 6:32pm
Reply on April 17 2012, 5:00pm:

Nothing major, but a lot of little subsystems have been added. Originally all of the controls were separate HWNDs, and then they were not, etc. Comment...

Question: do numbers have a special meaning?
Asked by gio (94.66.12.x) on April 14 2012, 11:59pm
Reply on April 17 2012, 5:01pm:

Probably? They are not purely symbolic, I'd think... Comment...

Question: The UFC is exciting & u would love the jujitsu aspect of the fights. Either way, Justin jr or Justina will force u to love it.
Asked by Mommy (65.9.142.x) on April 14 2012, 1:35pm
Reply on April 17 2012, 5:02pm:

Il n'y aura pas... Comment...

Question: Given that, v8's speed, and Canvas in HTML5, any interest in a web-based player with revised AVS in browser? That'd be so sweet
Asked by Will (70.173.150.x) on April 14 2012, 4:40am
Reply on April 17 2012, 5:02pm:

Do they have local file access yet? :) RAM use is a still an issue, too... Comment...

Question: Is it even worthwhile these days for avg programmers to learn win32 style programming?
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on April 13 2012, 5:53pm
Reply on April 14 2012, 2:33am:

I think one would certainly get more bang for their buck out of learning PHP, JavaScript, CSS, and DOM.. You can do some very fun, cross platform things that way. Comment...

Question: Do you write pseudocode (to sketch out an idea) before you start coding?
Asked by Mommy (65.9.142.x) on April 12 2012, 9:00pm
Reply on April 13 2012, 12:27am:

Usually I try to use English and some indentation, but a lot of it happens mentally (I often think about things for hours and days and weeks before writing anything, to make sure I have a good understanding. Having said that I'm often wrong when I start but that's the way it goes...) Comment...

Question: from your point of view: is REAPER designed from the ground up or evolved through time? what you find useful in real life?
Asked by gio (94.66.16.x) on April 12 2012, 8:11pm
Reply on April 13 2012, 12:25am:

REAPER has absolutely evolved. If we had to make something of REAPER 4.x's complexity from the ground up, I wouldn't know where to begin. It started out super simple, and has grown by building all kinds of new technologies as they were needed, and adding functionality into the existing basic framework of an app. Comment...

Question: permission problems with .org/music. are you going to fix it? :(
Asked by gio (94.66.16.x) on April 11 2012, 11:33pm
Reply on April 13 2012, 12:24am:

Fixed, and added

this mp3

Comment...

Question: How do the three of you in Cockos resolve disagreements, does having a small group help?
Asked by James (68.10.120.x) on April 11 2012, 6:04pm
Reply on April 13 2012, 12:24am:

*knocks on wood* It's rare that we have something of real importance that we have vastly different opinions about... In general I think we tend to be polite, and if we disagree it's usually "no please you can do it" "no I insist!" etc. Comment...

Question: Have you started watching the UFC? You would like it.
Asked by Mommy (65.9.142.x) on April 11 2012, 12:32am
Reply on April 13 2012, 12:22am:

Hmm, no. What would I like about it? Comment...

Question: .. and did you steal 'burn from acid burn on "Hackers" :P
Asked by Will (70.173.150.x) on April 9 2012, 7:25am
Reply on April 9 2012, 2:41pm:

Hell no, it was more referencing the various awesome songs of the time with that title (The Cure, Nine Inch Nails, etc)... Comment...

Question: Did you hangout on EFNET back in the 90's? if so what channels? =)
Asked by Jimmy (173.175.113.x) on April 8 2012, 6:41pm
Reply on April 9 2012, 2:39pm:

yeah, #c, #winprog, and #mpeg3 mostly... Comment...

Question: if you have choice between big and small company which would you work for? with all things considered like salary and benefts?
Asked by poop (68.28.147.x) on April 7 2012, 5:53pm
Reply on April 7 2012, 9:37pm:

Assuming the benefits were in the same ballpark, absolutely a small company... but of course it depends greatly on the company, too. Comment...

Question: Have you ever met Schwa face to face?
Asked by Mommy (65.9.142.x) on April 5 2012, 12:16pm
Reply on April 5 2012, 4:29pm:

Face to puppet? Yes of course! Comment...

Question: sexuality is the developmental outcome of one's nature, socialization, and preference. true or false?
Asked by Raheem Khan (24.90.247.x) on April 3 2012, 1:51pm
Reply on April 3 2012, 5:14pm:

Who the fuck knows, but it does seem to be largely driven by genes. Comment...

Question: The word on the street is you and Schwa are planning to implement MIDI groove quanitze & automation items VERY soon. Is it rue?
Asked by Mommy (184.32.200.x) on April 3 2012, 9:22am
Reply on April 3 2012, 5:12pm:

No REAPER scheduling questions here, see above. Comment...

Question: Why are you on facebook?
Asked by PinkAsso (208.64.185.x) on April 3 2012, 8:10am
Reply on April 3 2012, 5:12pm:

For the cat pictures. Comment...

Question: why were/are you called "the time compiler?"
Asked by poop (68.28.155.x) on April 2 2012, 1:57pm
Reply on April 2 2012, 2:13pm:

I forget, probably because of how it would flow to have that as a middle name (without 'the')... Comment...

Question: Are things like this ever going to be fixed: forum.cockos.com/showpost.php?p=935898&postcount=155...
Asked by Tinny (193.198.68.x) on April 2 2012, 6:12am
Reply on April 2 2012, 2:12pm:

Yes, of course. Comment...

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