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Argh, this is the second time this gets me. It was posted in 2014 and I clicked on it hoping for an explanation of ultrasonic component physics, which I'm mildly interested in. Instead, yet another programming pattern that has hijacked a common term. And now, being reposted, it gets me again.

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The same thing happened to me.

Ambiguous jargon is a real problem in the field. I guess it's because the field is relatively young and we haven't nailed things down yet.

Me three, I was expecting an interesting read on microphones and loudpeakers...

Me four. Skipped through thinking "how does all this programming jargon explain how a transdu....ooooh!" Came to the comments seeking solidarity.

Me five. This isn't the first time I've had this happen.

And I'm lucky enough to have clicked on the comments first, otherwise I would have been #6.

I almost always check the comments first. Thank you HN.

Me six. Worked as an apprentice DG engineer, learned about transducers when being taught to calibrate the vacuum chambers on reel to reel tape drives. :)

Hey all you pro audio people: you gotta see what Clojure has to offer for your world. Having come up in CSound Clojure's Pink and other libraries are first class, and the language's semantics pair so well with the audio mindset. Rich Hickey wrote Clojure after dealing with broadcast systems for 20 years. I think of transducers like a side chain. Check out Rich's additive synthesis stuff and you'll see the ethic and thrust behind this language. When the word Composition is invoked it means applying aesthetic, thinking about time, and the rigor that comes along with audio production. If you're a hacker/musician at heart you'll find a home within the Clojure community right away on many levels.

It won't soon be solved without venturing into nonsense words as their are way more things than nouns.

Great hacker news comment 10/10 would read again

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