From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Frank Schmitt Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: emacs rewrite Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 23:51:45 +0200 Organization: Hamme net, kren mer och nimmi Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1143928352 25244 80.91.229.2 (1 Apr 2006 21:52:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 21:52:32 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 01 23:52:30 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FPo1D-0000VN-8b for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 01 Apr 2006 23:52:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FPo1C-0005tN-TC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 01 Apr 2006 16:52:26 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FPo11-0005tH-Os for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Apr 2006 16:52:15 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FPo10-0005t5-V7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Apr 2006 16:52:15 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FPo10-0005t2-SI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Apr 2006 16:52:14 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1FPo3i-0008Rm-3v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Apr 2006 16:55:02 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1FPo0o-0000QA-BM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Apr 2006 23:52:02 +0200 Original-Received: from p54af0d4c.dip0.t-ipconnect.de ([84.175.13.76]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 01 Apr 2006 23:52:02 +0200 Original-Received: from ich by p54af0d4c.dip0.t-ipconnect.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 01 Apr 2006 23:52:02 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 17 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: p54af0d4c.dip0.t-ipconnect.de X-Face: :EL9TzGRN){7|oE2~xQ8Q(VjpjsXgX$~gi&rYD5J5p)$w\Thdl~v:7h`/n)J!8nXT%_+Wj6}@EHM8}QbA(9nX-wrQ:ch1%DauV[?kFasXUcnL#+"K8zOx&$@/M'/}, q-eztaJra1|?C+p$h\2XnK-HB"8_U List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:52309 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > After more than 30 years I think it's time to rewrite emacs from scratch. > > I would be happy to hear your suggestions about the best language to use. > > At the moment I think that Perl would be the best fit, because of its acronym: > > Perfect emacs rewriting language. OMG!!! Ponies!!! -- Did you ever realize how much text fits in eighty columns? If you now consider that a signature usually consists of up to four lines, this gives you enough space to spread a tremendous amount of information with your messages. So seize this opportunity and don't waste your signature with bullshit nobody will read.