functional programming language for realtime audio applications

 Faust is a functional programming language specifically designed for realtime
 audio applications and plugins. The syntax of the language is block diagram
 oriented. The faust compiler translate signal processing specifications into
 optimized C++ code for signal processing applications.
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 The generated code can be wrapped into an 'architecture file' in order to
 create for example a standalone jack/gtk application. Several architecture
 file are provided and additional ones are fairly easy to add.