From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Jean-Christophe Helary Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: evaluating numbers Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 09:21:32 +0900 Message-ID: <94298FE7-7C7F-4365-9B9D-422FA8900AE2@traduction-libre.org> References: <618B38D9-CD34-4200-8CA1-1A6B0922A83A@traduction-libre.org> <871ruk2d3f.fsf@gmx.net> <3C929D7B-1C10-4713-9EDA-55C80FC36AD8@traduction-libre.org> <835zjvg385.fsf@gnu.org> <83sgmyd6rw.fsf@gnu.org> <835zjucwbz.fsf@gnu.org> <628A3663-BDD3-47C5-B4F4-E260FD900691@traduction-libre.org> <83o8xla50f.fsf@gnu.org> <831rua95mg.fsf@gnu.org> <4801DEB3-937A-4777-8E99-C2CA2234F8A0@traduction-libre.org> <83eeya5yl6.fsf@gnu.org> <83imnl2sxk.fsf@gnu.org> <164231EC-D3B8-455C-8C11-AF033FB48699@traduction-libre.org> <83368n3b2y.fsf@gnu.org> <24FC7EFA-6A51-427F-ABE0-AE8A742E081B@traduction-libre.org> <49180a88-48b1-e87a-61f3-751b94b9efc4@cs.ucla.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 13.4 \(3608.80.23.2.2\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="51415"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: Emacs developers Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 29 02:22:26 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jTaUc-000DH5-PO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2020 02:22:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60040 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jTaUb-0001Kf-Nf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 28 Apr 2020 20:22:25 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:38708) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jTaTu-0000p2-0n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Apr 2020 20:21:42 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jTaTs-0008LD-Q2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Apr 2020 20:21:41 -0400 Original-Received: from relay7-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.200]:55305) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jTaTs-0008L3-3o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Apr 2020 20:21:40 -0400 X-Originating-IP: 128.53.235.90 Original-Received: from [10.0.1.13] (pl12634.ag0304.nttpc.ne.jp [128.53.235.90]) (Authenticated sender: jean.christophe.helary@traduction-libre.org) by relay7-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 19DE32000C for ; Wed, 29 Apr 2020 00:21:35 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <49180a88-48b1-e87a-61f3-751b94b9efc4@cs.ucla.edu> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3608.80.23.2.2) Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.70.183.200; envelope-from=jean.christophe.helary@traduction-libre.org; helo=relay7-d.mail.gandi.net X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/04/28 20:21:37 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 3.11 and newer [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 217.70.183.200 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:248058 Archived-At: Thank you Paul. > On Apr 29, 2020, at 9:08, Paul Eggert wrote: >=20 > On 4/28/20 4:16 PM, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote: >> @Paul I was asking about C because it seems to me that this part of = emacs lisp is implemented in C, so if C does that then my uninformed = idea is that it's easier create a similar implementation for emacslisp ? >=20 > It's a bit simpler for the C interpreter to treat characters as = integers, but > it's not simpler enough that it makes a significant difference. >=20 > The main idea, I expect, was that Emacs Lisp programs would be simpler = and/or > more-compatible with other Lisp implementations and/or better in some = other way; > any compatibility with C was secondary. But again, Richard is the = authority here. It's just one of those itches that you scratch until it bleeds and then = you realize that should have taken some time to just walk outside and = take a deep breath ... :) But if Richard has a concluding remark on that, I'd love to hear it. Jean-Christophe Helary ----------------------------------------------- http://mac4translators.blogspot.com @brandelune