Re: on ``An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp''

[Rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com>]

On Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 12:52:47 PM UTC+5:30, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
> On 2016-02-02, at 01:28, Emanuel Berg wrote:
> 
> > Marcin Borkowski writes:
> >
> >> I'd like to point out that one nice benefit of
> >> compiling from source (apart from staying on the
> >> bleeding edge) ...
> >
> > There can be many definitions of "staying on the
> > bleeding edge". One is: using software to be active,
> > creative and productive with *your own projects* that
> > perhaps nobody else knows about, until you release it
> > for everyone to see and (sometimes) use.
> >
> > Using the latest releases of everything, including
> > hardware components, is something some people take
> > pride in.
> >
> > But often this is actually something that one
> > shouldn't do because it is an obstacle to the own
> > activity which benefits from reliable, familiar tools.
> 
> Fair enough.
> 
> I have to say, though, that the alleged unreliability of the development
> version of Emacs has yet to hit me.

See my other thread on python mode.
In summary: Builtin python mode is giving various unfriendly messages in 
emacs 25 not 24