From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Anderson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Is it better to use eLISP or Common LISP? Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 14:22:43 -0400 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <1066674163.4152.13.camel@syr-24-59-77-252.twcny.rr.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1066674249 17972 80.91.224.253 (20 Oct 2003 18:24:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:24:09 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 20 20:24:04 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ABehI-0005Uw-00 for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 20:24:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ABegr-0002Hd-NI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 14:23:37 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ABegZ-0002HM-BN for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 14:23:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ABeg3-0002Cb-Ng for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 14:23:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [64.246.36.112] (helo=torre.pghoster.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1ABeg3-0002CU-8x for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 14:22:47 -0400 Original-Received: from syr-24-59-77-252.twcny.rr.com (syr-24-59-77-252.twcny.rr.com [24.59.77.252]) (authenticated (0 bits)) by torre.pghoster.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h9KIMkv09236 for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 13:22:46 -0500 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4-8mdk X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:13385 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:13385 I am thinking of hacking some LISP for a project manager. I know that I can either use Emacs LISP or the eLISP file that interfaces with common LISP. Since I'd be learning LISP for the first time, what would be best to do? Also, are there any reasons why? -Dan