From: "Przemysław Wojnowski" <esperanto@cumego.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Emacs rewrite in a maintainable language
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 10:11:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <561A19AB.5060001@cumego.com> (raw)
Hello everybody,
Recently I was going through Emacs C code and immediately one thing come to my
mind: "Did anyone consider rewrite it a more maintainable language?" :-)
Did anyone consider pros/cons of having base code in other language?
AFAIK maintenance cost of C code is pretty high, because the code is tangled,
has no tests and the language has its limits (e.g. no namespaces, no
abstractions, etc.). Maintaining that and adding new features will be harder
and harder.
Having Emacs base code in a more maintainable language (maybe some Scheme
version?) would reduce maintenance cost over the years. Also more maintainable
code makes it easier for others to joins and improve it.
Quick search gave this http://tromey.com/blog/?p=709 but the article talks only
about performance, not maintainability, which is extremely important for long
living projects like Emacs.
It's just a question, not a proposition. :-)
Cheers,
Przemysław
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2015-10-11 8:11 Przemysław Wojnowski [this message]
2015-10-11 8:17 ` Emacs rewrite in a maintainable language David Kastrup
2015-10-11 22:02 ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-10-11 22:14 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-11 22:37 ` Óscar Fuentes
2015-10-11 22:37 ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-10-11 22:49 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-11 22:51 ` Óscar Fuentes
2015-10-11 23:12 ` Drew Adams
2015-10-12 2:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-12 15:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-12 21:30 ` Daniel Colascione
2015-10-12 20:01 ` Richard Stallman
2015-10-11 8:54 ` Alexis
2015-10-11 10:53 ` Przemysław Wojnowski
2015-10-11 11:23 ` Thomas Koch
2015-10-11 13:11 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-10-11 13:36 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-11 13:39 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-10-11 13:55 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-11 14:03 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-10-11 12:52 ` Daniel Colascione
2015-10-11 12:59 ` Fabrice Popineau
2015-10-11 17:25 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-11 18:32 ` Óscar Fuentes
2015-10-11 19:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-11 19:43 ` Óscar Fuentes
2015-10-11 19:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-11 20:13 ` Óscar Fuentes
2015-10-12 2:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-12 3:59 ` Paul Eggert
2015-10-12 8:12 ` Steinar Bang
2015-10-12 9:36 ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-10-12 10:20 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-12 12:23 ` Óscar Fuentes
2015-10-12 16:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-12 20:00 ` Richard Stallman
2015-10-13 2:36 ` Rustom Mody
2015-10-12 10:56 ` Michael Heerdegen
2015-10-11 21:52 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-12 7:14 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-12 12:48 ` Oleh Krehel
2015-10-12 13:22 ` Óscar Fuentes
2015-10-12 14:18 ` Oleh Krehel
2015-10-12 15:04 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-12 18:24 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-12 19:21 ` Óscar Fuentes
2015-10-12 19:39 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-12 19:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-12 19:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-12 20:11 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-12 20:42 ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-10-12 20:46 ` Óscar Fuentes
2015-10-13 14:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-13 16:22 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-13 16:40 ` Drew Adams
2015-10-13 16:49 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-12 20:40 ` Drew Adams
2015-10-13 4:18 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-13 6:00 ` immerrr again
2015-10-13 14:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-13 1:12 ` Óscar Fuentes
2015-10-13 10:01 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-13 15:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-13 15:20 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-14 15:04 ` Chris Patti
2015-10-14 15:34 ` Jay Belanger
2015-10-16 12:25 ` Guile-Emacs Ludovic Courtès
2015-10-16 12:03 ` Emacs rewrite in a maintainable language Ludovic Courtès
2015-10-16 13:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-16 14:55 ` Wolfgang Jenkner
2015-10-16 15:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-16 15:25 ` Ludovic Courtès
2015-10-16 15:51 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-16 14:29 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-16 15:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-16 15:28 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-16 16:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-16 15:31 ` Ludovic Courtès
2015-10-16 16:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-16 19:34 ` Przemysław Wojnowski
2015-10-16 19:51 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-16 19:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-16 20:51 ` Ludovic Courtès
2015-10-17 5:27 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-17 7:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-17 9:44 ` Ludovic Courtès
2015-10-17 10:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-18 10:22 ` Ludovic Courtès
2015-10-18 11:33 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-18 12:54 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-18 13:17 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-18 14:40 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-18 15:31 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-18 16:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-18 16:37 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-18 16:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-18 17:06 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-18 17:11 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-18 17:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-18 17:52 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-18 18:23 ` Daniel Colascione
2015-10-18 18:35 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-18 18:53 ` Daniel Colascione
2015-10-18 19:03 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-18 19:13 ` Paul Eggert
2015-10-18 19:35 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-18 19:49 ` Daniel Colascione
2015-10-19 7:59 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-19 10:50 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-10-19 10:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-19 11:31 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-19 12:04 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-19 11:24 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-20 4:18 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-10-20 7:36 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-20 10:17 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-10-19 12:26 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-19 12:53 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-19 17:43 ` Tom Tromey
2015-10-19 18:06 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-20 2:46 ` Tom Tromey
2015-10-19 8:46 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-19 9:39 ` Przemysław Wojnowski
2015-10-19 5:33 ` Richard Stallman
2015-10-26 11:01 ` Alexis
2015-10-18 19:16 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-18 22:38 ` Nicolas Petton
2015-10-20 7:34 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-18 16:40 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-18 16:56 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-18 17:46 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-10-19 7:45 ` Gian Uberto Lauri
2015-10-17 15:38 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-17 16:25 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-17 16:43 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-17 17:00 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-17 16:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-17 17:03 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-17 17:08 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-17 17:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-17 18:31 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-10-17 17:04 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-17 17:32 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-17 17:42 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-17 18:34 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-17 19:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-17 21:22 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-18 0:23 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-18 15:53 ` Richard Stallman
2015-10-18 16:58 ` Tom Tromey
2015-10-18 17:40 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-18 19:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-18 20:47 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-19 3:55 ` Tom Tromey
2015-10-20 7:33 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-12 19:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-13 8:27 ` Przemysław Wojnowski
2015-10-13 8:52 ` Gian Uberto Lauri
2015-10-13 10:19 ` Tassilo Horn
2015-10-13 15:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-13 19:45 ` Tassilo Horn
2015-10-13 15:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-13 16:09 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-13 20:43 ` Przemysław Wojnowski
2015-10-13 16:06 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-13 20:20 ` Przemysław Wojnowski
2015-10-13 21:22 ` emacs IDE features (was: Emacs rewrite in a maintainable language) Andrés Ramírez
2015-10-13 22:13 ` emacs IDE features John Wiegley
2015-10-14 11:11 ` Phillip Lord
2015-10-16 23:13 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-17 7:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-17 23:51 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-18 0:48 ` Sacha Chua
2015-10-18 2:34 ` Xue Fuqiao
2015-10-18 17:05 ` Sacha Chua
2015-10-18 17:31 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-18 16:21 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-19 16:37 ` Christopher Allan Webber
2015-10-18 16:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-18 17:30 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-19 10:30 ` Phillip Lord
2015-10-20 6:56 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-13 22:10 ` Emacs rewrite in a maintainable language John Wiegley
2015-10-12 23:00 ` Camm Maguire
2015-10-13 1:38 ` Alexis
2015-10-13 1:40 ` Daniel Colascione
2015-10-13 23:34 ` Richard Stallman
2015-10-13 23:55 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-13 5:28 ` Ken Raeburn
2015-10-13 5:39 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-13 10:13 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-14 1:43 ` Daniel Colascione
2015-10-13 6:49 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-10-12 13:50 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-12 15:17 ` Oleh Krehel
2015-10-12 15:35 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-12 16:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-12 22:39 ` Paul Eggert
2015-10-13 11:27 ` Oleh Krehel
2015-10-13 11:46 ` Alan Mackenzie
2015-10-13 12:02 ` Oleh Krehel
2015-10-13 12:21 ` Alan Mackenzie
2015-10-13 12:22 ` Mathieu Lirzin
2015-10-13 13:52 ` John Yates
2015-10-13 14:30 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-13 16:26 ` Andreas Schwab
2015-10-13 16:40 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-13 14:38 ` Oleh Krehel
2015-10-13 13:06 ` Sergey Organov
2015-10-13 14:19 ` Artur Malabarba
2015-10-13 14:39 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-13 15:21 ` Artur Malabarba
2015-10-13 15:53 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-13 16:09 ` Oleh Krehel
2015-10-13 16:23 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-13 16:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-13 16:38 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-13 15:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-13 15:42 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-13 15:32 ` Paul Eggert
2015-10-13 16:13 ` Oleh Krehel
2015-10-13 21:02 ` Andy Moreton
2015-10-14 8:15 ` Oleh Krehel
2015-10-14 13:28 ` Andy Moreton
2015-10-14 16:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-14 10:22 ` Przemysław Wojnowski
2015-10-14 10:56 ` Tassilo Horn
2015-10-14 11:14 ` Przemysław Wojnowski
2015-10-14 11:33 ` Oleh Krehel
2015-10-14 12:12 ` Tassilo Horn
2015-10-14 11:46 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-14 12:29 ` Tassilo Horn
2015-10-14 11:21 ` Mathieu Lirzin
2015-10-14 16:05 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-13 16:13 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-12 15:09 ` Paul Eggert
2015-10-12 15:24 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-12 15:24 ` Oleh Krehel
2015-10-12 16:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-12 17:20 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-10-13 12:02 ` Marcus Harnisch
2015-10-13 23:38 ` Richard Stallman
2015-10-14 1:46 ` Daniel Colascione
2015-10-14 13:08 ` Marcus Harnisch
2015-10-12 16:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-12 17:47 ` Steinar Bang
2015-10-12 17:59 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-12 21:28 ` Daniel Colascione
2015-10-11 18:36 ` Przemysław Wojnowski
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