From: juliewith <galaxybeinglambda@gmail.com>
To: Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How close is elisp to CL now?
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:16:53 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1355181413343-272278.post@n5.nabble.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87mwxlinzm.fsf@kuiper.lan.informatimago.com>
Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote
> But IMO, it would be simplier and will give a better results (both
> technically and politically) to reimplement the emacs VM (all the GNU
> emacs C code) in Common Lisp, than to Common-lispify GNU emacs.
>
It does seem odd that emacs, being so powerful and such a world unto itself,
would have a junior version of Common Lisp. I can't help but believe elisp's
limitations are a huge drag on emacs overall. I vote for a CL makeover too.
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2012-12-10 17:01 ` How close is elisp to CL now? Burton Samograd
2012-12-10 22:02 ` Xavier Maillard
2012-12-10 21:41 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2012-12-10 23:16 ` juliewith [this message]
2012-12-11 12:30 ` Joost Kremers
2012-12-11 12:59 ` Jambunathan K
2012-12-10 16:37 juliewith
2012-12-10 17:14 ` Didier Verna
2012-12-10 18:05 ` Matt Price
[not found] ` <mailman.14991.1355162755.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-12-10 19:14 ` Burton Samograd
2012-12-10 20:57 ` William Gardella
2012-12-11 22:26 ` Julien Cubizolles
[not found] ` <mailman.15081.1355264829.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-12-12 7:02 ` William Gardella
2013-01-04 14:53 ` Julien Cubizolles
[not found] ` <mailman.14985.1355159920.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-12-12 1:01 ` WJ
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