From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jay Belanger Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: emacs rewrite Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 16:18:44 -0600 Message-ID: <87mzf5gcsb.fsf@vh213602.truman.edu> References: Reply-To: belanger@truman.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1143929945 28988 80.91.229.2 (1 Apr 2006 22:19:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 22:19:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: belanger@truman.edu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 02 00:19:03 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FPoQv-0003v8-Kx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Apr 2006 00:19:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FPoQu-0005y9-KT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 01 Apr 2006 17:19:00 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FPoQk-0005xu-JT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Apr 2006 17:18:50 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FPoQi-0005xi-4Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Apr 2006 17:18:49 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FPoQh-0005xf-Vp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Apr 2006 17:18:48 -0500 Original-Received: from [24.116.0.230] (helo=S4.cableone.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FPoTP-0001aX-G7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Apr 2006 17:21:35 -0500 Original-Received: from vh213602.truman.edu.truman.edu (unverified [24.117.100.92]) by S4.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service S4) with ESMTP id 52177437 for multiple; Sat, 01 Apr 2006 16:00:07 -0700 Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Frank Schmitt's message of "Sat, 01 Apr 2006 23:51:45 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-NotAscii: charset=us-ascii X-IP-stats: Incoming Last 2, First 78, in=40, out=0, spam=0 X-External-IP: 24.117.100.92 X-Abuse-Info: Send abuse complaints to abuse@cableone.net 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:52310 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > After more than 30 years I think it's time to rewrite emacs from scratch. It's about time. > I would be happy to hear your suggestions about the best language to use. > > At the moment I think that Perl would be the best fit, because of its acronym: > > Perfect emacs rewriting language. I've heard good things about tcl, may I suggest that as an alternative? I think tcl stands for TCL Cures Lisp. Jay