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Re:Alda – Text-Based Programming Language for Music Composition by abc789654567 on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @06:48AM (#28208424)
> "just play a I V IV in C" and they get it. But we are still not quite at a place where we can tell a computer that exact phrase and get something useful.

We are at this place since at least 3 decades ago. How come you never heard about Band in a box? [0]

> I love how close these text-based languages are getting though!

Comparing to what BIAB can do now after 3 decades of development all these text-based languages are sooooo amateurish and ridiculous. They are not even reinventing the wheel. I'd say they're reinventing the circle.

- [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band-in-a-Box

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