From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: redisplay system of emacs Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:31:31 +0200 Message-ID: <83hbq3i8jw.fsf@gnu.org> References: <27349166.post@talk.nabble.com> <83bpge50k5.fsf@gnu.org> <87vdem8gly.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87k4v1xm4l.fsf@gmail.com> <83sk9prvnd.fsf@gnu.org> <87k4v1vz5f.fsf@gmail.com> <87hbq4d9jf.fsf@telefonica.net> <87d40rdaci.fsf@telefonica.net> <83r5p7iout.fsf@gnu.org> <878wbfcsb5.fsf@telefonica.net> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1264887172 6520 80.91.229.12 (30 Jan 2010 21:32:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:32:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=93scar_Fuentes?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 30 22:32:48 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NbKvm-0007fd-PW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:32:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48222 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NbKvi-00031I-Jr for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:32:34 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NbKvc-00030G-9e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:32:28 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59289 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NbKvb-0002zl-EG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:32:27 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NbKvY-0004G0-7p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:32:27 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:64220) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NbKvX-0004FE-Qk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:32:24 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0KX200E00X2NBP00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:31:32 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.127.180.161]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0KX200C7WX4FSJ60@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:31:28 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <878wbfcsb5.fsf@telefonica.net> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:120724 Archived-At: > From: =C3=93scar Fuentes > Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:21:18 +0100 >=20 > > But switching to a language that is significantly less widespread= than > > C would mean significantly less potential contributors. >=20 > The Emacs C codebase is, to most effects, written on a dialect of C= that > requires learning by its own. Yes, but that's hardly the same as learning an entirely new language.