From: Nic Ferrier <nferrier@ferrier.me.uk>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: CommonLisp namespace system (was Re: adding namespaces to emacs-lisp (better elisp?))
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 19:32:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87vc3x18ab.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvtxjhji85.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Fri, 26 Jul 2013 14:23:59 -0400")
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>> I disagree. Emacs isn't CommonLisp, never has been CommonLisp and
>> very likely, never will be CommonLisp.
>
> Agreed, but all else being equal, it's better to do the same as
> Common-Lisp (or as Scheme) than to invent our own.
But they aren't equal.
I have looked at CL's system and Scheme's. I'll try and add a summary to
the blog post and also describe how it differs from CL and Scheme.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-07-26 18:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-26 14:08 adding namespaces to emacs-lisp (better elisp?) Nic Ferrier
2013-07-26 14:34 ` Drew Adams
2013-07-26 17:01 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2013-07-26 17:01 ` CommonLisp namespace system (was Re: adding namespaces to emacs-lisp (better elisp?)) Nic Ferrier
2013-07-26 17:19 ` Drew Adams
2013-07-26 18:26 ` Sebastian Wiesner
2013-07-26 18:53 ` Drew Adams
2013-07-26 21:08 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2013-07-26 18:23 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-26 18:32 ` Nic Ferrier [this message]
2013-07-26 18:45 ` Tom Tromey
2013-07-26 18:58 ` Drew Adams
2013-07-26 19:06 ` Nic Ferrier
2013-07-26 20:46 ` CommonLisp namespace system Lars Brinkhoff
2013-07-26 20:57 ` Drew Adams
2013-07-26 21:47 ` Nic Ferrier
2013-07-29 17:31 ` Lars Brinkhoff
2013-07-26 20:57 ` CommonLisp namespace system (was Re: adding namespaces to emacs-lisp (better elisp?)) Drew Adams
2013-07-27 7:17 ` Richard Stallman
2013-07-27 8:13 ` Nic Ferrier
2013-07-27 11:43 ` Bastien
2013-07-27 12:00 ` David Engster
2013-07-27 16:56 ` Nic Ferrier
2013-07-27 23:52 ` Richard Stallman
2013-07-28 7:22 ` Nic Ferrier
2013-07-28 8:18 ` Jambunathan K
2013-07-28 12:10 ` Richard Stallman
2013-07-28 13:48 ` Nic Ferrier
2013-07-29 10:12 ` Richard Stallman
2013-07-29 10:45 ` Nic Ferrier
2013-07-30 0:31 ` Richard Stallman
2013-07-27 9:37 ` CommonLisp namespace system Lars Brinkhoff
2013-07-26 19:42 ` CommonLisp namespace system (was Re: adding namespaces to emacs-lisp (better elisp?)) Drew Adams
2013-07-26 21:26 ` Juanma Barranquero
2013-07-26 21:06 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2013-07-26 21:44 ` Nic Ferrier
2013-07-27 7:16 ` adding namespaces to emacs-lisp (better elisp?) Richard Stallman
2013-07-26 15:43 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-26 16:56 ` Nic Ferrier
2013-07-26 18:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-26 19:00 ` Nic Ferrier
2013-07-26 20:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-26 21:43 ` Nic Ferrier
2013-07-26 21:59 ` Drew Adams
2013-07-26 22:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-26 22:33 ` Nic Ferrier
2013-07-27 0:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-27 8:27 ` Nic Ferrier
2013-07-27 14:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-27 16:17 ` Nic Ferrier
2013-07-27 17:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-27 10:35 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2013-07-26 22:00 ` Drew Adams
2013-07-27 0:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-27 1:13 ` Drew Adams
2013-07-27 7:02 ` Lars Brinkhoff
2013-07-27 10:33 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2013-07-31 6:48 ` Lars Brinkhoff
2013-07-27 10:31 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2013-07-27 14:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-27 16:43 ` Drew Adams
2013-07-26 17:21 ` Davis Herring
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