Re: [External] : Re: Code for cond*

[Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org>]

Madhu wrote:

> "pcase" assumes that its users are already familiar with the
> use of pcase from the other languages where they have used
> similar control flow constructs, and it is intuitively
> obvious to them. I believe this is how it has worked, it is
> extremely effective in attracting programmers of the
> a certain "same mindset" to come to emacs, and puts a high
> barrier of entry on programmers who do not belong to that
> mindset, thereby subtly shaping the programmer demographic
> which eventually directs the future of emacs.

Well, people don't come (or don't come) to Emacs because there
is some feature in the code. I don't think it works like that.

Also, don't worry about programmers coming to Emacs will have
a too high barrier. As long as they come, they will handle
it, easily.

Are people coming to Emacs like they did when I came to Emacs?
This was in the mid-late 00s. Because then it felt like
"everyone" were using it. If they don't come today as much as
they did - why is that? What features are they missing or what
pushes them away?

What are they using instead? Why? What does that have that we
don't that they like?

No ida, but I dare say `pcase' plays a very minor role in all
of that.

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