<s>
SuperCollider	B-Application
is	O
an	O
environment	O
and	O
programming	O
language	O
originally	O
released	O
in	O
1996	O
by	O
James	O
McCartney	O
for	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
audio	O
synthesis	O
and	O
algorithmic	O
composition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
dynamic	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
providing	O
a	O
framework	O
for	O
acoustic	O
research	O
,	O
algorithmic	O
music	O
,	O
interactive	B-Application
programming	I-Application
and	O
live	O
coding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
GPL-2.0-or-later	B-License
in	O
2002	O
,	O
and	O
from	O
version	O
3.4	O
under	O
GPL-3.0-or-later	B-License
,	O
SuperCollider	B-Application
is	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
version	O
3	O
,	O
the	O
SuperCollider	B-Application
environment	O
has	O
been	O
split	O
into	O
two	O
components	O
:	O
a	O
server	B-Application
,	O
scsynth	O
;	O
and	O
a	O
client	B-Protocol
,	O
sclang	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SC	O
language	O
combines	O
the	O
object-oriented	B-Language
structure	O
of	O
Smalltalk	B-Application
and	O
features	O
from	O
functional	B-Language
programming	I-Language
languages	I-Language
with	O
a	O
C-family	O
syntax	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SC	O
Server	B-Application
application	I-Application
supports	O
simple	O
C	B-Language
and	O
C++	B-Language
plugin	O
APIs	B-General_Concept
,	O
making	O
it	O
easy	O
to	O
write	O
efficient	O
sound	O
algorithms	O
(	O
unit	B-Application
generators	I-Application
)	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
then	O
be	O
combined	O
into	O
graphs	O
of	O
calculations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
all	O
external	O
control	O
in	O
the	O
server	B-Application
happens	O
via	O
OSC	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
use	O
it	O
with	O
other	O
languages	O
or	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SuperCollider	B-Application
's	O
sound	O
generation	O
is	O
bundled	O
into	O
an	O
optimised	O
command-line	O
executable	O
(	O
named	O
scsynth	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
most	O
cases	O
it	O
is	O
controlled	O
from	O
within	O
the	O
SuperCollider	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
,	O
but	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
independently	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
audio	O
server	B-Application
has	O
the	O
following	O
features	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Supernova	O
,	O
an	O
independent	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
Server	B-Application
architecture	O
,	O
adds	O
multi-processor	O
support	O
through	O
explicit	O
parallel	O
grouping	O
of	O
synthesis	O
nodes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SuperCollider	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
is	O
a	O
dynamically	O
typed	O
,	O
garbage-collected	B-General_Concept
,	O
single-inheritance	O
object-oriented	B-Language
and	O
functional	B-Language
language	I-Language
similar	O
to	O
Smalltalk	B-Application
,	O
with	O
a	O
syntax	O
similar	O
to	O
Lisp	B-Language
or	O
the	O
C	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
many	O
functional	B-Language
languages	I-Language
,	O
it	O
implements	O
functions	O
as	O
first-class	B-Application
objects	O
,	O
which	O
may	O
be	O
composed	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Closures	B-Language
are	O
lexical	O
,	O
and	O
scope	B-Language
is	O
both	O
lexical	O
and	O
dynamic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Further	O
features	O
typical	O
of	O
functional	B-Language
languages	I-Language
are	O
supported	O
,	O
including	O
creation	O
of	O
closures	B-Language
via	O
partial	O
application	O
(	O
explicit	O
currying	B-Application
)	O
,	O
tail	B-Language
call	I-Language
optimization	I-Language
,	O
list	B-Language
comprehensions	I-Language
,	O
and	O
coroutines	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
constant-time	O
message	O
lookup	O
and	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
garbage	B-General_Concept
collection	I-General_Concept
allows	O
large	O
systems	O
to	O
be	O
efficient	O
and	O
to	O
handle	O
signal	O
processing	O
flexibly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
supporting	O
methods	O
of	O
reflective	B-Language
,	O
conversational	B-Application
,	O
and	O
literate	B-Application
programming	I-Application
,	O
SuperCollider	B-Application
makes	O
it	O
relatively	O
easy	O
to	O
find	O
new	O
sound	O
algorithms	O
and	O
to	O
develop	O
custom	O
software	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
custom	O
frameworks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SuperCollider	B-Application
language	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
construct	O
cross-platform	O
graphical	O
user	B-Application
interfaces	I-Application
for	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
standard	O
class	B-Application
library	I-Application
with	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
components	O
may	O
be	O
extended	O
by	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
available	O
frameworks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
interactive	B-Application
programming	I-Application
,	O
the	O
system	O
supports	O
programmatic	O
access	O
to	O
rich-text	O
code	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
the	O
server	B-Application
is	O
controlled	O
using	O
Open	O
Sound	O
Control	O
(	O
OSC	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
applications	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
control	O
the	O
server	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SuperCollider	B-Application
language	O
environments	O
(	O
see	O
below	O
)	O
are	O
typically	O
used	O
,	O
but	O
other	O
OSC-aware	O
systems	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
such	O
as	O
Pure	B-Language
Data	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Third-party	O
"	O
clients	O
for	O
the	O
SuperCollider	B-Application
server	B-Application
exist	O
,	O
including	O
rsc3	O
,	O
a	O
Scheme	B-Language
client	B-Protocol
,	O
hsc3	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
Haskell	B-Language
,	O
ScalaCollider	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
Scala	B-Application
,	O
Overtone	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
Clojure	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Sonic	B-Application
Pi	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
are	O
distinct	O
from	O
the	O
development	B-Application
environments	I-Application
mentioned	O
below	O
because	O
they	O
do	O
not	O
provide	O
an	O
interface	O
to	O
SuperCollider	B-Application
's	O
programming	O
language	O
,	O
instead	O
they	O
communicate	O
directly	O
with	O
the	O
audio	O
server	B-Application
and	O
provide	O
their	O
own	O
approaches	O
to	O
facilitating	O
user	O
expression	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SuperCollider	B-Application
runs	O
on	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
each	O
of	O
these	O
operating	O
systems	O
there	O
are	O
multiple	O
language-editing	O
environments	O
and	O
clients	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
SuperCollider	B-Application
(	O
see	O
below	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
demonstrated	O
that	O
SuperCollider	B-Application
can	O
run	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SuperCollider	B-Application
code	O
is	O
most	O
commonly	O
edited	O
and	O
used	O
from	O
within	O
its	O
own	O
cross-platform	O
IDE	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
Qt-based	O
and	O
supports	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Mac	O
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
development	B-Application
environments	I-Application
with	O
SuperCollider	B-Application
support	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
versatile	O
dynamic	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
SuperCollider	B-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
live	O
coding	O
,	O
i.e.	O
</s>
