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From: jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson)
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: The Lisp High (was: is Emacs completely written in lisp)
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:47:35 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sl30bvp4.fsf_-_@W0053328.mgh.harvard.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 8a9ee940-06d8-4764-b36a-2ebbdc4df872@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com

rustom <rustompmody@gmail.com> writes:

>> > Out of curiosity, can you tell me how? just a general overview or some
>> > place where I can read, how this is done?
>>
>> Here is a readable summary:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisp

[...]


> Last: Dont give up.  The high from lisp cannot be easily replicated.

What I tell people when they ask me about Scheme: "It's a programming
language that brainwashes people into believing it's the best language,
and makes it impossible to code in anything else.  I love it."

I got a wicked Scheme buzz off some namespace manipulation this weekend.
I can stop any time I want, but right now I'm doing everything in Scheme
and Elisp.

Joel

-- 
Joel J. Adamson
Biostatistician
Pediatric Psychopharmacology Research Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA  02114
(617) 643-1432
(303) 880-3109

  reply	other threads:[~2007-11-20 18:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-11-20 11:30 is Emacs completely written in lisp arunmib
2007-11-20 12:04 ` Marc Tfardy
2007-11-20 16:58   ` arunmib
2007-11-20 17:14     ` B. T. Raven
2007-11-20 18:01       ` rustom
2007-11-20 18:47         ` Joel J. Adamson [this message]
2007-12-16 17:52           ` The Lisp High (was: is Emacs completely written in lisp) David Combs
2007-11-20 18:42     ` is Emacs completely written in lisp Joel J. Adamson
2007-11-21  4:00       ` arunmib
2007-11-21 14:58         ` Joel J. Adamson

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