From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nic Ferrier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: CommonLisp namespace system (was Re: adding namespaces to emacs-lisp (better elisp?)) Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 19:32:44 +0100 Message-ID: <87vc3x18ab.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> References: <874nbh2z3y.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> <87y58t1cih.fsf_-_@ferrier.me.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1374863573 23591 80.91.229.3 (26 Jul 2013 18:32:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 18:32:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Drew Adams , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 26 20:32:54 2013 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 1V2mow-0000zq-6u for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 26 Jul 2013 20:32:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58684 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V2mov-0004jV-KQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 26 Jul 2013 14:32:53 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50661) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V2mor-0004jB-0w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Jul 2013 14:32:51 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V2moo-0002JJ-7h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Jul 2013 14:32:48 -0400 Original-Received: from static.17.66.46.78.clients.your-server.de ([78.46.66.17]:59830 helo=po1.ferrier.me.uk) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V2moo-0002JA-1E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Jul 2013 14:32:46 -0400 Original-Received: from nferrier-Dell-System-XPS-L322X (140.35.155.90.in-addr.arpa [90.155.35.140]) by po1.ferrier.me.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B02DAC00F7; Fri, 26 Jul 2013 20:35:58 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from nics-xps (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nferrier-Dell-System-XPS-L322X (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F1C18C0409; Fri, 26 Jul 2013 19:32:44 +0100 (BST) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Fri, 26 Jul 2013 14:23:59 -0400") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 78.46.66.17 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:162161 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> I disagree. Emacs isn't CommonLisp, never has been CommonLisp and >> very likely, never will be CommonLisp. > > Agreed, but all else being equal, it's better to do the same as > Common-Lisp (or as Scheme) than to invent our own. But they aren't equal. I have looked at CL's system and Scheme's. I'll try and add a summary to the blog post and also describe how it differs from CL and Scheme.