From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>
Cc: incal@dataswamp.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs website, Lisp, and other
Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2024 15:28:09 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86ed73qhly.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <trinity-dae5eb6f-9f3b-451e-ac64-5d82d5ea1bef-1722849793865@3c-app-mailcom-bs04> (message from Christopher Dimech on Mon, 5 Aug 2024 11:23:13 +0200)
> From: Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2024 11:23:13 +0200
>
> > > Calling Emacs Lisp "python-like" is derogatory to Emacs
> > > Lisp. Python has some of the characteristics that make Lisp
> > > superior, but not all of them.
>
> Many people are being forced to use Python especially in many university
> graduate schools. Lisp has always been a choice.
>
> I have no problem with Python. But many graduate schools whose main aim is
> getting as many graduates as they can and publishing as many papers as they
> can, have been using Python in ways intended to maximize task completion time,
> to the detriment of everything else. In other words, education for these
> graduants has educated them out of education. The best education one can get
> today is by self discovery. Schools are not the way.
Please, everybody, take the Lisp vs Python argument off this list, it
is off-topic here. If you must discuss this, please use the
emacs-tangents@gnu.org mailing list instead.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-08-05 12:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 74+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-08-04 22:27 Emacs website, Lisp, and other Jeremy Bryant
2024-08-04 22:55 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-08-05 4:29 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-08-05 9:23 ` Christopher Dimech
2024-08-05 10:43 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-08-05 11:37 ` divya
2024-08-05 11:56 ` Christopher Dimech
2024-08-05 12:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-05 11:45 ` Christopher Dimech
2024-08-05 12:56 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2024-08-05 13:16 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2024-08-05 14:46 ` Christopher Dimech
2024-08-05 21:28 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2024-08-05 14:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-05 12:28 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-08-05 16:27 ` 10 problems with Elisp, part 10 (was: Re: Emacs website, Lisp, and other) Emanuel Berg
2024-08-05 16:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-05 17:03 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-08-05 18:32 ` 10 problems with Elisp, part 10 Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2024-08-05 20:20 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-08-06 7:14 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2024-08-06 7:21 ` Org mode API (was: 10 problems with Elisp, part 10) Ihor Radchenko
2024-08-06 8:23 ` Org mode API Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2024-08-10 16:55 ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-08-06 11:54 ` 10 problems with Elisp, part 10 Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-08 2:01 ` Richard Stallman
2024-08-09 22:39 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-08-13 1:28 ` Richard Stallman
2024-08-09 22:46 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-08-10 5:41 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-08-10 6:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-13 1:28 ` Richard Stallman
2024-08-05 18:58 ` 10 problems with Elisp, part 10 (was: Re: Emacs website, Lisp, and other) Christopher Dimech
2024-08-05 19:30 ` 10 problems with Elisp, part 10 Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2024-08-05 20:02 ` Christopher Dimech
2024-08-08 2:01 ` Richard Stallman
2024-08-06 2:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-05 17:13 ` 10 problems with Elisp, part 10 (was: Re: Emacs website, Lisp, and other) Yuri Khan
2024-08-06 6:39 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-08-06 11:16 ` Richard Stallman
2024-08-06 22:08 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-08-05 20:03 ` Emacs website, Lisp, and other Alan Mackenzie
2024-08-05 21:07 ` Christopher Dimech via Emacs news and miscellaneous discussions outside the scope of other Emacs mailing lists
2024-08-06 7:42 ` Jean Louis
2024-08-06 11:14 ` Immanuel Litzroth
2024-08-05 11:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-06 19:09 ` Jeremy Bryant
2024-08-06 19:50 ` Christopher Dimech
2024-08-06 20:35 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2024-08-06 22:10 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2024-08-06 22:48 ` Christopher Dimech
2024-08-06 23:09 ` Drew Adams
2024-08-06 23:21 ` Christopher Dimech
2024-08-07 1:09 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2024-08-06 22:26 ` Christopher Dimech
2024-08-07 5:45 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-08-15 3:53 ` Madhu
2024-08-15 5:50 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-08-15 9:17 ` Madhu
2024-08-15 9:57 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-08-15 6:17 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-08-15 7:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-15 8:06 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-08-15 9:27 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-08-15 16:03 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-08-07 11:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-07 12:03 ` Andrea Corallo
2024-08-07 12:16 ` Christopher Dimech
2024-08-08 2:01 ` Richard Stallman
2024-08-08 6:51 ` Joel Reicher
2024-08-07 12:31 ` Christopher Dimech
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2024-08-06 13:13 Abraham S.A.H. via Emacs development discussions.
2024-08-07 7:27 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-08-07 11:24 ` Christopher Dimech
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