Re: sc crossplatform future (was re: sc3 with emacs on windows?)

I think it's more than that. Even with the best of documentation, SC is hard to wrap one's head around. And new users, even those willing to put a lot of effort into learning SC will be wondering "why should I use SC rather than [fill in the blank here]"? The documentation does not always provide the necessary motivation. Just as one example, you recently suggested checking out FlowView. The documentation for that class is not much more than a list of examples. That's the kind of documentation you don't read, you reverse-engineer it. Now think how someone whose favorite programs are things like Live or Reason will feel about documentation like that. Now let's get a bit more basic. Someone who is new to SC would probably read "Getting Started with SuperCollider." Is there anything in there that tells me why I would want to use SC rather than Live, Csound, MaxMSP, my IRCAM servant, or ProTools plugins? Or let's say I've gotten a bit intrepid and want to write some classes. The first thing the Class documentation informs me is: