From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nic Ferrier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Are there plans for a multi-threaded Emacs? Date: 04 Dec 2003 14:58:15 +0000 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87smk0zl2w.fsf@kanga.tapsellferrier.co.uk> References: <87oevbes4h.fsf@emacswiki.org> <20031117040607.C6C5D79B72@server2.messagingengine.com> <87ekvpx18d.fsf@emptyhost.emptydomain.de> <4nad6cikxy.fsf@holmes.bwh.harvard.edu> <4nllpt3hr3.fsf@lockgroove.bwh.harvard.edu> <5bad69zd43.fsf@lister.roxen.com> <4noeuon378.fsf@lockgroove.bwh.harvard.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1070550278 27669 80.91.224.253 (4 Dec 2003 15:04:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 15:04:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 04 16:04:33 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ARv1s-0004XS-00 for ; Thu, 04 Dec 2003 16:04:32 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ARv1s-0000bA-00 for ; Thu, 04 Dec 2003 16:04:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ARvwK-0007GJ-0J for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 04 Dec 2003 11:02:52 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ARvwE-0007Ea-39 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Dec 2003 11:02:46 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ARvvi-00070Z-8U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Dec 2003 11:02:45 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.168.153.201] (helo=tf1.tapsellferrier.co.uk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ARvte-0006Uj-Q0; Thu, 04 Dec 2003 11:00:07 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.168.156.74] (helo=kanga.tapsellferrier.co.uk) by tf1.tapsellferrier.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ARuvt-0002dl-00; Thu, 04 Dec 2003 14:58:21 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=kanga.tapsellferrier.co.uk ident=nferrier) by kanga.tapsellferrier.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ARuvo-0002Og-00; Thu, 04 Dec 2003 14:58:16 +0000 Original-To: David Kastrup In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 15 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:18369 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:18369 > So changing Emacs' scopes to lexical is a prerequisite for any > meaningful attempt at multithreading, anyway. Except that it's more important that Emacs uses dynamic scope than multi-threading. Dynamic scope is _one_ of the reasons Emacs has been sucessfull. rms wrote a paper about the design of Emacs which, I think, succesfully justifies the choice of dynamic scope: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs-paper.html Nic