From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Casting as wide a net as possible Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 21:17:40 +0100 Message-ID: <87y4d2rrbv.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <87bn9yt79m.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <8361069iof.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1449778688 29807 80.91.229.3 (10 Dec 2015 20:18:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 20:18:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, john@yates-sheets.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 10 21:18:07 2015 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 1a77fD-0001J8-9t for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Dec 2015 21:18:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44314 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a77fC-0001ry-EM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:18:06 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38297) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a77ev-0001qY-O8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:17:50 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a77ev-0004DQ-11 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:17:49 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:57106) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a77eu-0004DM-Uc; Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:17:48 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42690 helo=lola) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1a77es-00055J-3G; Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:17:48 -0500 Original-Received: by lola (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 895A3DF4FA; Thu, 10 Dec 2015 21:17:40 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <8361069iof.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Thu, 10 Dec 2015 22:01:52 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e 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:196059 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: David Kastrup >> Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 20:48:05 +0100 >> Cc: Emacs developers , John Yates >> >> > 1. Highly consistent syntax. >> >> Lisp does not have a program syntax. > > Then how about > > 1. Highly consistent lack of syntax. > > ? Kind of unconventional as an advertisement though it has its charm. But there is a (rather simple) _read_ syntax for data structures. Just no separate program syntax. -- David Kastrup