Re: Solution to 7 over sqr(71) time against integer polyrhythms

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi David,

> It's worth noting that something like this may work in a minimal example
> and fail when it occurs 20 measures into the score

Of course. I was simply responding to mclaren’s snide email, with all of its 
false claims and laughably-easy challenges (both explicit and implicit):

> What I realize is that Kieren is good with photoshop.

100% FALSE. I used only Lilypond.

> lilypond hangs permanently when you try to compile that example.

100% FALSE: My snippet compiles without a problem (and whether or not one wants 
to argue about the “hackiness” of the actual solution/code, the output was 
clearly sufficient since it fooled mclaren into thinking I had to use 
Photoshop).

> This example hits [the limits]. That's life.

100% FALSE: See above.

> while it's not possible to output a score or a MIDI file from lilypond for 
> this kind of thing

100% FALSE (re: “score”): See above.

ALMOST CERTAINLY 100% FALSE (re: “MIDI”): With a few well-placed fraction note 
factors, I could likely output a “perfect” MIDI file.

That being said, in the interest of fairness…

> Approximating a score via photoshop takes more time than working
> with lilypond would, of course, but then anything worth doing takes time.

100% TRUE. It’s just too bad mclaren doesn’t see that actually learning how to 
use Lilypond well, rather than bitching about it on this list, is worth doing 
and takes time.

Cheers,
Kieren.
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