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[217.227.106.44]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id r11-20020a170906350b00b009934b1eb577sm3905466eja.77.2023.09.16.10.07.57 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sat, 16 Sep 2023 10:07:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <8b144985-85f2-79e7-d932-2070336b13aa@gutov.dev> (Dmitry Gutov's message of "Sat, 16 Sep 2023 19:33:04 +0300") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::62a; envelope-from=gerd.moellmann@gmail.com; helo=mail-ej1-x62a.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:310634 Archived-At: Dmitry Gutov writes: > On 16/09/2023 17:20, Bj=C3=B6rn Bidar wrote: >> These more extensive modes require more advanced features similar as >> when turning Emacs into a "word processor". >> In my opinion Emacs being single threaded is the biggest hurdle in that, >> gui lockup is the biggest no no in regular gui apps. > > JavaScript is single-threaded. > > They have a certain solution for parallelism in specific workloads, > though (called Web Workers). In Emacs, GC can run Lisp I'm told (finalizers), regexp matching can definitely run Lisp (bug#58042), and the devil knows what else :-(. I personally have no idea how it would be possible to untangle this for a multi-threaded Lisp.