Re: making software with Emacs and Elisp

["Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com>]

Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl> writes:

> Dnia 2013-10-20, o godz. 02:17:35
> Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> napisał(a):
>
>> I have several ideas for software that has to do with
>> physical things, and does not belong in the world of
>> computing. For example, I'm working on a tool to teach
>> deaf people read lips! (Not "Lisp".)
>> 
>> Is there a minimal binary Emacs VM for the accursed
>> Apple and Windows world, that you could distribute along
>> with the software, or is there another way you could
>> make all that work?
>
> I understand that you want to develop your application in "EmacsOS";),
> that is, using Emacs as a "operating system" or "framework" or "virtual
> machine" (or whatever is the current buzzword at the moment), so that
> you get high portability (without Java etc.).

You forgot "textual user interface".

> One thing that comes to mind is Clojure (with which I have zero
> experience), but it gives you the benefits of Lisp, of portability (at
> least as much as Java does) and of libraries (read JVM).

And this is what clojure and java don't have.
A good alternative would be the Oberon system in a virtual machine.
http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/downloads/index

> And, did you see this: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsPortableApp ?
>
> Hth,

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