yeah, I know, probably it's not clear. In few words I would like to recode PureData from scratch for an academic project. That's why I would like to start with simple arithmetic blocks. Of course there will be no GUI, so it's going to be a very minimal version of puredata

Thank you both for answering promptly!
I'm sorry for the delay, I've been reading some documentation, including the one Landon proposed but with no success

Let's suppose I would like to create a very simple version of PD (without audio, midi, GUI, watchdog, etc...). I'd like to define just one object (a "+" operator, for example) and then be able to perform a simple operation like 2+2

I know, this might sound stupid, but my aim is to compute the result starting from a *.pd file independently from how many blocks have been implemented in that file.

Thank you!

Hi guys,
I have just a quick technical question: how does PD work?
I mean, each object has its own *.c file, but then how does PD "put together" these objects?

I'm trying to read the source code, but I'm not really into C language. Could you explain me roughly the working principle behind Pure Data?

Thank you in advance for your time and help!

Anna