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Metzger's message of "Thu, 22 Jul 2021 10:00:43 -0400") X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - host2007.hostmonster.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - stephe-leake.org X-BWhitelist: no X-Source-IP: 76.77.182.20 X-Source-L: No X-Exim-ID: 1m7NoV-002Xe1-Vf X-Source-Sender: (Takver4) [76.77.182.20]:53981 X-Source-Auth: stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org X-Email-Count: 2 X-Source-Cap: c3RlcGhlbGU7c3RlcGhlbGU7aG9zdDIwMDcuaG9zdG1vbnN0ZXIuY29t X-Local-Domain: yes Received-SPF: permerror client-ip=192.185.70.14; envelope-from=stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org; helo=gateway20.websitewelcome.com X-Spam_score_int: -8 X-Spam_score: -0.9 X-Spam_bar: / X-Spam_report: (-0.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_INVALID=0.1, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_NEUTRAL=0.779 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action 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:271576 Archived-At: "Perry E. Metzger" writes: > On 7/20/21 20:04, Stephen Leake wrote: >> Yes. wisi.el is an elisp interface to an external process that is >> implemented in Ada. At some point, it will also support an internal >> module, which will avoid having to send text; larger files will be >> faster. When I finish implementing incremental parse, it should be as >> fast as tree-sitter. > > I agree that Ada is in many ways a superior language to C -- C is > horrid -- but Emacs is written in C, and having a core feature of > Emacs depend on Ada code is unlikely to be widely acceptable. Yes, I never intended wisi to be a core part of Emacs, and I can't stand programming in C. But I suppose anything is possible. > Everyone compiling Emacs has a C compiler, but not everyone has an Ada > compiler. Actually, anyone that uses gcc can easily have an Ada compiler; it's either already there or easily installed. -- -- Stephe