From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nix Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: CL package serious deficiencies Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:10:29 +0000 Message-ID: <87bopab5p6.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> References: <33271707.post@talk.nabble.com> <87fwemcwlx.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> <87zkcubbfc.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> <87vcnibb9t.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> <5tr4y6z2pv.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1328656240 13499 80.91.229.3 (7 Feb 2012 23:10:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 23:10:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: egnarts-ms , Lennart Borgman , Stefan Monnier , Drew Adams , Emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 08 00:10:38 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RuuBJ-0002Sg-Uw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:10:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33827 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RuuBJ-00040A-28 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:10:37 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:37974) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RuuBG-000405-5V for Emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:10:35 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RuuBF-0003Ya-5g for Emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:10:34 -0500 Original-Received: from icebox.esperi.org.uk ([81.187.191.129]:39258 helo=mail.esperi.org.uk) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RuuBD-0003YO-Rg; Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:10:32 -0500 Original-Received: from esperi.org.uk (nix@spindle.srvr.nix [192.168.14.15]) by mail.esperi.org.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q17NAT5B001336; Tue, 7 Feb 2012 23:10:29 GMT Original-Received: (from nix@localhost) by esperi.org.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q17NATKx023817; Tue, 7 Feb 2012 23:10:29 GMT Emacs: is that a Lisp interpreter in your editor, or are you just happy to see me? In-Reply-To: <5tr4y6z2pv.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:41:00 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.93 (gnu/linux) X-DCC-wuwien-Metrics: spindle 1290; Body=6 Fuz1=6 Fuz2=6 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 81.187.191.129 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:148329 Archived-At: On 7 Feb 2012, Glenn Morris uttered the following: > Nix wrote: > >> Well, if you find out what the problems are, I'll see about fixing them. > > You could look at [...] > if you want something to do (send any follow-ups to the relevant bug > address, not here). Thanks! on the list... > Also none of these have any > relevance to whether cl is acceptable to use at run-time. So... unreliability is *not* the reason, after all? And documentation- weightiness, as Tom points out, cannot be the reason. So... what *is* the reason? I (and others, it seems) are distinctly curious. -- NULL && (void)