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X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4864:20::532 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:247257 Archived-At: On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 17:42:07 -0700, > A better language wins extensions, not a "popular" language, and Emacs > Lisp is definitely more suited to extending editors than TypeScript. I certainly agree with everyone that Lisp is fantastic, and that extending Emacs with Emacs Lisp is a great pleasure. And that Emacs Lisp is certainly superior to any other alternative that I know of. So please don't think I would want Emacs to use anything other than Lisp. However, despite Lisp being extraordinarily powerful (truly a "better language"), no dialect of Lisp is a top 10 language. It seems unlikely to me that there is no correlation between that fact and the popularity and accessibility of Emacs. However, even if there is a correlation, determining the exact nature and extent of correlation is difficult.