From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Wiegley Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Casting as wide a net as possible Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:19:42 -0800 Message-ID: References: <87bn9yt79m.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <8361069iof.fsf@gnu.org> <87y4d2rrbv.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1449778813 31885 80.91.229.3 (10 Dec 2015 20:20:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 20:20:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , john@yates-sheets.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 10 21:20:06 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 1a77h7-00054Z-62 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Dec 2015 21:20:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44324 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a77h6-0003uM-Bk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:20:04 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39176) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a77gs-0003uC-9e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:19:51 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a77gr-0004mz-9j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:19:50 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pf0-x232.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c00::232]:36839) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a77go-0004lt-78; Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:19:46 -0500 Original-Received: by pfbu66 with SMTP id u66so9447851pfb.3; Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:19:45 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:date:message-id:references :user-agent:mail-followup-to:mime-version:content-type; bh=+5Y+ZjxsdHkhb5WFQMAisyvkOhNhkeTVSFiOBmQXN5M=; b=XdrywwpMKUB+vZ+FYtFvcYA4NARgYmOe7Yn5vuItoXujjgnA3woKznMK/tso+1jDRS K3CRnR0Cg+57vSfD0WatIqYpmvV1Gf8t/4fpwGZysTKx/fR1+e8dbfMhxkp3OL9L+Yrf TfbsBj5I1EdzGebU+tlKmpaAZTm7WaRwjTjxIzkrwbhsOPt4rO7XVS8SPAhzxviMz5tS alRV+SyOAqqdbRxamoAyG/tr7YISoq4Mf/NPhPWP9H4MpahdUg2m9VvR03bKZSvgClrR BK11EFsmGhs+qTCEplkB/I217pSnFIPq6oM05Y5UYUBlZB3d2OxJY2iG18xSijVyJ+X/ jatA== X-Received: by 10.98.69.7 with SMTP id s7mr9638027pfa.28.1449778785725; Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:19:45 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from Vulcan.local (76-234-68-79.lightspeed.frokca.sbcglobal.net. [76.234.68.79]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q65sm20284191pfa.18.2015.12.10.12.19.44 (version=TLS1 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:19:44 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Original-From: "John Wiegley" Original-Received: by Vulcan.local (Postfix, from userid 501) id 16EA911421097; Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:19:44 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87y4d2rrbv.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (David Kastrup's message of "Thu, 10 Dec 2015 21:17:40 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130014 (Ma Gnus v0.14) Emacs/24.5 (darwin) Mail-Followup-To: David Kastrup , Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org, john@yates-sheets.org X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c00::232 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:196061 Archived-At: >>>>> David Kastrup writes: > 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. This distinction is meaningless to those we're trying to attract. What I meant is "what you type". It's highly consistent in that regard, whatever you choose to call it. -- John Wiegley GPG fingerprint = 4710 CF98 AF9B 327B B80F http://newartisans.com 60E1 46C4 BD1A 7AC1 4BA2