ICFP 2021
Sun 22 - Sat 28 August 2021
Fri 27 Aug 2021 18:30 - 19:00 at FARM - Welcome / Session 1

We propose a programming language for music named mimium, which combines temporal-discrete control and signal processing in a single language. mimium has an intuitive imperative syntax and can use stateful functions as Unit Generator in the same way as ordinary function definitions and applications. Furthermore, the runtime performance is made equivalent to that of lower-level languages by compiling the code through the LLVM compiler infrastructure. By using the strategy of adding a minimum number of features for sound to the design and implementation of a general-purpose functional language, mimium is expected to lower the learning cost for users, simplify the implementation of compilers, and increase the self-extensibility of the language. In this paper, we present the basic language specification, semantics for simple task scheduling, the semantics for stateful functions, and the compilation process.

mimium has certain specifications that have not been achieved in existing languages. Future works suggested include extending the compiler functionality to combine task scheduling with the functional paradigm and introducing multi-stage computation for parametric replication of stateful functions.

Fri 27 Aug

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18:00 - 19:30
Welcome / Session 1FARM at FARM
18:00
30m
Day opening
Welcome
FARM

18:30
30m
Talk
mimium: a self-extensible programming language for sound and music
FARM
Tomoya Matsuura Kyushu University, Kazuhiro Jo Faculty of Design, Kyushu University
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19:00
30m
Talk
MidifilePerformer: a case study for chronologies
FARM
Juliette Chabassier Inria, Myriam Desainte-Catherine LaBRI, Jean Haury Scrime, Marin Pobel Université de Bordeaux, Bernard Serpette Inria