From: Bruce Stephens <bruce.stephens@isode.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Guile in Emacs
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:14:11 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <80r5mis5n0.fsf@tiny.isode.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvpr23mjgl.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:07:18 -0400")
Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:
[...]
> What matters is that we reuse some existing implementation and benefit
> from all the work done on it, so we don't have to spend time working on
> the Elisp byte-compiler.
>
> I like the idea of Guile not because it's using a "standard preexisting
> language with libraries and experienced coders", but because it'll give
> us a bunch of hackers working on efficient implementation,
> multithreading, ...
That seems like a stronger argument to me. Back in 1995 (or
thereabouts) using scheme for better interoperability with other GNU
applications seemed a plausible argument, but I don't think that's how
things have worked out. I doubt that replacing emacs lisp with scheme
would have much impact for interoperability, though removing one
extension language won't hurt.
[...]
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-04-14 10:14 UTC|newest]
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[not found] ` <87ljemdzxo.fsf@stupidchicken.com>
2010-02-23 5:31 ` Next pretest, and branching plans Jason Rumney
2010-02-23 18:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-02-23 21:12 ` Jason Rumney
2010-02-24 6:04 ` Richard Stallman
2010-02-24 13:34 ` Sean Sieger
2010-02-24 15:05 ` Davis Herring
2010-02-24 15:18 ` Sean Sieger
2010-02-24 14:05 ` Chong Yidong
2010-02-25 14:26 ` Richard Stallman
2010-02-26 18:03 ` manuals [was Re: Next pretest, and branching plans] Glenn Morris
2010-02-27 2:32 ` Richard Stallman
2010-02-27 16:52 ` Next pretest, and branching plans Johan Bockgård
2010-03-03 3:52 ` Glenn Morris
2010-03-05 0:31 ` Johan Bockgård
2010-03-05 19:50 ` integer overflow [was Re: Next pretest, and branching plans] Glenn Morris
2010-03-05 22:35 ` integer overflow Stefan Monnier
2010-03-06 2:55 ` Glenn Morris
2010-03-06 3:11 ` Chong Yidong
2010-03-06 7:03 ` Helmut Eller
2010-03-06 15:45 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-03-06 16:23 ` Davis Herring
2010-03-06 16:33 ` Drew Adams
2010-03-07 7:52 ` Richard Stallman
2010-03-07 16:06 ` David Kastrup
2010-03-07 17:18 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-03-07 17:42 ` David Kastrup
2010-03-08 4:49 ` Jay Belanger
2010-03-08 8:04 ` Richard Stallman
2010-03-08 14:41 ` Guile in Emacs (was: integer overflow) Ted Zlatanov
2010-03-08 17:32 ` Guile in Emacs Ted Zlatanov
2010-03-08 18:42 ` Guile in Emacs (was: integer overflow) Chad Brown
2010-03-09 7:07 ` Ken Raeburn
2010-03-09 16:22 ` Guile in Emacs Ted Zlatanov
2010-03-10 8:07 ` Ken Raeburn
2010-03-10 13:58 ` David Kastrup
2010-03-09 3:19 ` Guile in Emacs (was: integer overflow) Richard Stallman
2010-04-11 23:33 ` Thomas Lord
2010-04-12 12:30 ` Richard Stallman
2010-04-12 20:05 ` Thomas Lord
2010-04-13 12:44 ` Guile in Emacs Bruce Stephens
2010-04-13 15:51 ` Thomas Lord
2010-04-13 16:07 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-04-13 18:56 ` Thomas Lord
2010-04-13 19:22 ` Christian Lynbech
2010-04-14 10:14 ` Bruce Stephens [this message]
2010-04-14 14:10 ` joakim
2010-04-13 19:13 ` Christian Lynbech
2010-04-14 1:47 ` Thomas Lord
2010-04-14 3:33 ` Christian Lynbech
2010-04-14 23:33 ` Richard Stallman
2010-04-14 5:02 ` Richard Stallman
2010-04-14 6:45 ` christian.lynbech
2010-04-14 19:07 ` Thomas Lord
2010-04-14 19:34 ` Bruce Stephens
2010-04-14 20:09 ` Jose A. Ortega Ruiz
2010-04-15 7:34 ` christian.lynbech
2010-04-14 23:33 ` Richard Stallman
2010-04-15 3:52 ` Drew Adams
2010-04-15 6:01 ` David Kastrup
2010-04-15 6:54 ` Drew Adams
2010-04-15 11:59 ` Jeff Clough
2010-04-15 12:49 ` christian.lynbech
2010-04-15 13:54 ` Jeff Clough
2010-04-15 14:03 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-04-15 16:13 ` Drew Adams
2010-04-16 13:48 ` Jeff Clough
2010-04-16 14:03 ` christian.lynbech
2010-04-16 14:25 ` Jeff Clough
2010-04-16 14:25 ` Drew Adams
2010-04-16 14:39 ` David Kastrup
2010-04-16 14:40 ` Jeff Clough
2010-04-16 8:27 ` christian.lynbech
2010-04-17 4:41 ` Richard Stallman
2010-04-19 7:52 ` christian.lynbech
2010-04-16 22:29 ` Emacs Info manuals (was: Guile in Emacs) Juri Linkov
2010-04-15 16:11 ` Guile in Emacs Drew Adams
2010-04-15 7:21 ` christian.lynbech
2010-04-15 7:36 ` David Kastrup
2010-04-15 8:34 ` christian.lynbech
2010-04-15 9:06 ` David Kastrup
2010-04-15 9:45 ` Helmut Eller
2010-04-15 10:39 ` christian.lynbech
2010-04-15 18:47 ` Richard Stallman
2010-04-15 22:42 ` Harald Hanche-Olsen
2010-04-15 22:50 ` Harald Hanche-Olsen
2010-04-17 4:40 ` Richard Stallman
2010-04-15 23:02 ` Helmut Eller
2010-04-17 4:40 ` Richard Stallman
2010-04-17 6:46 ` Helmut Eller
2010-04-17 19:55 ` Richard Stallman
2010-04-14 13:30 ` John Wiegley
2010-04-14 14:18 ` Helmut Eller
2010-04-14 15:40 ` Tom Tromey
2010-04-14 7:51 ` David Kastrup
2010-04-14 8:42 ` christian.lynbech
2010-04-14 9:55 ` immanuel litzroth
2010-04-14 10:28 ` christian.lynbech
2010-04-14 11:25 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-04-14 12:26 ` christian.lynbech
2010-04-14 16:49 ` Ken Raeburn
2010-04-14 18:29 ` Tom Tromey
2010-04-14 20:02 ` Ken Raeburn
2010-04-14 11:23 ` Jeff Clough
2010-04-14 13:11 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-04-14 13:11 ` Stephen Eilert
2010-04-14 13:49 ` Helmut Eller
2010-04-14 15:47 ` Tom Tromey
2010-04-14 16:41 ` Drew Adams
2010-04-14 20:10 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2010-04-15 10:38 ` Leo
2010-03-06 19:04 ` integer overflow Helmut Eller
2010-03-06 21:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-03-07 7:51 ` Richard Stallman
2010-03-07 19:05 ` Johan Bockgård
2010-03-06 20:35 ` Chong Yidong
2010-03-13 3:10 ` Next pretest, and branching plans Christoph
2010-03-13 7:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-03-13 14:54 ` Christoph
2010-03-13 18:30 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-03-13 19:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-03-14 2:38 ` Jason Rumney
2010-03-14 2:50 ` Christoph
2010-03-14 3:07 ` Jason Rumney
2010-03-14 17:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-03-17 0:29 ` Christoph
2010-03-17 4:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-03-17 12:44 ` Jason Rumney
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