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> From: JD Smith <jdtsmith@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2024 13:52:44 -0500
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> > On Feb 17, 2024, at 12:29 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> 
> > And in this case, we intend to move IDLWAVE out precisely because it is obsolete,
> 
> Not necessarily, depending on how one defines obsolete. Just “no longer worth keeping in core”.

That's not my interpretation of your description of IDL state.  I
think "no longer worth keeping in core" is the conclusion, not the
reason.  The reason is that IDL is obsolete and rarely if ever used
nowadays.