From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Dhruva Krishnamurthy" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: emacs rewrite Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 16:38:09 +0530 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1143976108 3303 80.91.229.2 (2 Apr 2006 11:08:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 11:08:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Devel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 02 13:08:27 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 1FQ0RX-0005CR-BA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Apr 2006 13:08:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FQ0RW-00034B-SX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Apr 2006 07:08:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FQ0RL-00033i-LO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Apr 2006 07:08:15 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FQ0RH-00032h-FL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Apr 2006 07:08:15 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FQ0RH-00032b-9t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Apr 2006 07:08:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [64.233.182.185] (helo=nproxy.gmail.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FQ0U6-0003OX-8K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Apr 2006 07:11:06 -0400 Original-Received: by nproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id l36so423395nfa for ; Sun, 02 Apr 2006 04:08:09 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=RczV83QLvUdTvoOVhw1obaPnYkHGvVDL87ZpemcnZKXR1hJ+eCK3unRkP+rro/QVyy0WE3id+dmJh4bBCqP3fcljqO49n+M1d3Y4Cdg/VZnKyX6rPZr1WHKlrF/t7YOCY2yh1Br8lImgb4aQZ9GO4Us1AjYkG+lzYv/Cv7O6H1o= Original-Received: by 10.48.238.7 with SMTP id l7mr806832nfh; Sun, 02 Apr 2006 04:08:09 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.49.23.4 with HTTP; Sun, 2 Apr 2006 04:08:09 -0700 (PDT) Original-To: "Richard Stallman" In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline 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:52317 Archived-At: Hello, Not sure how serious the emacs development folks are about this. IMHO, we should be using C++ and PYTHON. Though I prefer structured C programs, for projects of GNU Emacs scale, it makes it easier to use an object oriented language like C++. From the little knowledge I have on PYTHON, I am suggesting it as it is object oriented and is a functional programing language too. Another tool worth exploring be it PERL/PYTHON is SWIG (Simplified Wrapper Interface Generator) with which C/C++ APIs can exposed to PERL/PYTHON (other languages supported). IMO, the language of choice for present times must be driven by the levels of abstraction it supports so that development is easier without everyone having to understand the guts of the core implementation. If there is enough steam, I would love to get involved in any way I can be of help, please take this forward. with warm regards, dhruva On 4/2/06, Richard Stallman wrote: > > After more than 30 years I think it's time to rewrite emacs from scratch. > > 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 acr= onym: > > Perfect emacs rewriting language. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-devel mailing list > Emacs-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel > -- Dhruva Krishnamurthy GNU/FSF member: 1935