From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: andres.ramirez Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: On being web-friendly and why info must die Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 14:50:19 -0500 Message-ID: <87sigod2mc.wl%andres.ramirez@kipuamutay.com> References: <20141205123549.GA29331@thyrsus.com> <2815659.zRQ0WWWeRr@descartes> <20141205175810.GD3120@thyrsus.com> <87lhmlncb1.fsf@earlgrey.lan> <20141205193643.GB5067@thyrsus.com> <87tx19rd1b.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <20141205215138.GF7784@thyrsus.com> <54823617.4000406@cs.ucla.edu> <83k325195l.fsf@gnu.org> <5482D94B.2070102@cs.ucla.edu> <5484FF31.5010808@cs.ucla.edu> <5485FC59.5030700@cs.ucla.edu> <83k320wy93.fsf@gnu.org> <87388oka0k.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <83d27swwn9.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1418154679 15910 80.91.229.3 (9 Dec 2014 19:51:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 19:51:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: David Kastrup , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 09 20:51:12 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XyQoR-0006m4-Rv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 20:51:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42251 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XyQoR-0005Qa-GK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 14:51:11 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46662) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XyQoI-0005QE-J9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 14:51:07 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XyQoD-0004tn-57 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 14:51:02 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-yk0-x22c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4002:c07::22c]:40670) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XyQnk-0004im-9M; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 14:50:28 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-yk0-f172.google.com with SMTP id 131so586138ykp.3 for ; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 11:50:27 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:date:message-id:from:to:cc:newsgroups:subject:in-reply-to :references:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=wTAxeCiMfmHapo4dmATfkXxJhzVCDmRFVQXwJMASxk8=; b=I1xBI1ZKzKuJOZSfUrCis1ZCuuYE9eUrIHGyC3hj7gW8V1+OAHuKj2rfY+F1abGO15 5iY9pl/qyA9K43y6odk3/7pIDPgHunR4ifEkh8dsSTxmHKIFJPxvBBtc0s+7LTmDldGc ONBoPbglthwq/I/9wU6kUbwJuw8CihCRY1xVMUD5seZfawZ6Rv8bUgOjWR509mJWj/rU oZRR8Wb1d56KOjaMdbA3jkPAV5ol8dY3ejfTdOo/NeDqxhtatQtc3FHy9kKuWM0JAtTj ex5h3F6ifaIPJoRr378nyx3zglCTXNBX7Ag0J1T8U5unn8kELvLldYG1VEeDPmF/2e+I aYQg== X-Received: by 10.236.0.200 with SMTP id 48mr4711360yhb.79.1418154627473; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 11:50:27 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from tiahua.ryu.edu ([200.106.6.96]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id a26sm1095103yhb.6.2014.12.09.11.50.26 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 09 Dec 2014 11:50:27 -0800 (PST) Original-Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel In-Reply-To: <83d27swwn9.fsf@gnu.org> X-Mailer: Wanderlust/2.15.9 X-Attribution: AR User-Agent: SEMI/1.14.6 (Maruoka) FLIM/1.14.9 (=?UTF-8?B?R29qxY0=?=) APEL/10.8 Emacs/25.0.50 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) MULE/6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4002:c07::22c 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:179589 Archived-At: At Tue, 09 Dec 2014 19:39:06 +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > > From: David Kastrup > > Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 18:28:43 +0100 > > > > > Makeinfo validates pointers and cross-references that could lead into > > > many other parts. Separate compilation would need to leave some info > > > about those other parts in a form that is much more easily readable. > > > > Much more easily readable than Texinfo source? Texinfo source does not > > seem hard to parse to me. What am I overlooking? > > Not sure. But then why is the Perl implementation so slow? I thought > one reason was that it was built around a parser, something the > original C version didn't even try to do. > > Mmmm. It should be another reasons, a parser can be done on C too(Flex/Bison). But the Texinfo guys had chosen perl in place o C. In my humble opinion, the best option would have been make everything on C. I think the main users of Texinfo is the emacs community (Everyone compiling the trunk) Am I Right in my last statement?. Best Regards