From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juanma Barranquero Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs learning curve Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:25:49 +0200 Message-ID: References: <4C3B6A8A.80105@gmx.de> <87wrt0e81n.fsf@telefonica.net> <62E9699C07054418AB66F9C5FCB54E5C@us.oracle.com> <87sk3oe3la.fsf@telefonica.net> <1154D96E7D2F401D849266F359E44BB9@us.oracle.com> <87ocecdzou.fsf@telefonica.net> <2256C17F740A425884AD551DE7758056@us.oracle.com> <87fwzodqqm.fsf@telefonica.net> <5138CDF30B2D4B778F948015614DA7BC@us.oracle.com> <87iq4ijtdy.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <270AD461F0F14E549F82D88785A23A0A@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1279910424 1803 80.91.229.12 (23 Jul 2010 18:40:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:40:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 23 20:40:22 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OcNAT-0005Ex-Mf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:40:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42540 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OcNAS-0006vj-Rv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:40:20 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=58153 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OcN8J-0004tB-Bl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:38:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OcMwl-0006CJ-1m for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:26:12 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-bw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.214.41]:64317) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OcMwk-0006C8-Sg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:26:11 -0400 Original-Received: by bwz9 with SMTP id 9so2078005bwz.0 for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:26:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=2ru3Kz+WIWf3lpv75PItRvwU01xbRBreOP4cCQFioMk=; b=X5lgqweCtqiFI4oPC9ZtYe320VlexemfzMhJquus667fIVHkEWxv0NMSuYUZ+NxiFa IFJ7tIn2uiYKSp935oGkfdhGJFcvUKv0NDr/BWc8vpc2iZwAGGHFZpxZ3C/ksXw4fetX nEREnQFjbzwwHBosKtv56BjFGelPC6dusiELA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=aFVuTM1sB9NYUpiAi8NAe1yVqU7l+7XSTcOd+K2mdpzj3LzIuNtDezGj2x9Ot5gGHZ 94EixuZkPaDsEGHCBpJgerhN1WHhZhQ/u/x90H4j88jt77uYBe3BDF90ZvcELM0RVUiJ tuKnCViaRgZ8VwtIzZM/7XJ/FLH5mEfltzcV8= Original-Received: by 10.204.1.139 with SMTP id 11mr2625742bkf.174.1279909569846; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:26:09 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.204.180.136 with HTTP; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:25:49 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <270AD461F0F14E549F82D88785A23A0A@us.oracle.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:127719 Archived-At: On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 18:02, Drew Adams wrote: > It was pointed out that Emacs, like Spanish, has a reason to exist even i= f it is > not the most widespread language Well, according to most sources Spanish is the second language worldwide in number of native speakers (after mandarin). > and it uses vocabulary and pronunciation that > foreigners (who are admittedly more numerous than Emacs speakers) can som= etimes > find disconcerting. Foreigners are disconcerted by the weirdest things... Spanish pronunciation is simpler (far fewer phonemes) and much more regular (systematic spelling) than English'. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Juanma