Re: Am I a fool ?

[Alex Stahl <alex@pixar.com>]

>interesting, except that looping is inherently not a DSP algorithm. It is
>nice to add the digital processing into the mix, but all the primary
>looping functions are about controlling existing data, not about 
>processing
>it. You have to get that data control/loop function stuff right first.

Good point (esp. good because it's arguable, imho), and many 
historical DSP architectures were not optimized for addressing the 
huge data memories as needed for looping.

>If you look at all the major looping boxes of the past, none of them were
>based on DSP.

True, but if you look at the major DSP boxes of the past, few of them 
were based on DSP either. :-)

-Alex