From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: The Lisp High (was: is Emacs completely written in lisp) Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:52:31 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: References: <0b863c61-a1fd-43fe-b160-f257f660d416@c29g2000hsa.googlegroups.com> <8Z6dnWjhbaaEi97anZ2dnUVZ_uLinZ2d@sysmatrix.net> <8a9ee940-06d8-4764-b36a-2ebbdc4df872@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com> <87sl30bvp4.fsf_-_@W0053328.mgh.harvard.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1197830456 2424 80.91.229.12 (16 Dec 2007 18:40:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:40:56 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 16 19:41:06 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1J3yQ0-0002mx-Iz for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:40:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J3yPh-0007nU-9R for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:40:33 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!panix!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 44 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: panix2.panix.com Original-X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1197827551 6369 166.84.1.2 (16 Dec 2007 17:52:31 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:52:31 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:154690 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:50117 Archived-At: In article <87sl30bvp4.fsf_-_@W0053328.mgh.harvard.edu>, Joel J. Adamson wrote: ... >What I tell people when they ask me about Scheme: "It's a programming >language that brainwashes people into believing it's the best language, >and makes it impossible to code in anything else. I love it." > >I got a wicked Scheme buzz off some namespace manipulation this weekend. >I can stop any time I want, but right now I'm doing everything in Scheme >and Elisp. > >Joel > >-- >Joel J. Adamson >Biostatistician >Pediatric Psychopharmacology Research Unit >Massachusetts General Hospital >Boston, MA 02114 >(617) 643-1432 >(303) 880-3109 If you, a non-academic user of it, don't mind, how about a bit on *why* you prefer Scheme to eg common lisp? I mean, what kinds of things does it enable you to do, either at all or (just) (much) more easily? Thanks, David PS: to avoid a mass of flames on "don't discuss this here!! Take your stupid discussion to a *lisp* or *Scheme* group (-- you ASSHOLES!)", , simply add "elisp" to the "common lisp" up above. :-)