Hierarchical Music Specification Language

language, music (HMSL) A programming language for

experimental music composition and performance. It is a set

of object-oriented extensions to Forth. (Its near-total

unintelligibility to people unfamiliar with Forth has led

some to expand "HMSL" as "Her Majesty's Secret Language".)

Phil Burk (who also later developed pForth), Larry Polansky,

and David Rosenboom started developing HMSL in 1980 while

working at the Mills College Center for Contemporary Music. As of

June 1998, development is ongoing.

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(1998-09-07)