From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tom Tromey Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: indirect threading for bytecode interpreter Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:38:18 -0600 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Tom Tromey NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1253216842 5645 80.91.229.12 (17 Sep 2009 19:47:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:47:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Helmut Eller Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 17 21:47:16 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MoMwj-0003W6-QD for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:47:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39287 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MoMwj-0007ep-36 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:47:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MoMoJ-0003gQ-Vv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:38:32 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MoMoE-0003cu-S7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:38:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35499 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MoMoE-0003ci-MY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:38:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:13142) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MoMoD-0000rk-Rk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:38:26 -0400 Original-Received: from int-mx03.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx03.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.16]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n8HJcLKx025656; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:38:21 -0400 Original-Received: from ns3.rdu.redhat.com (ns3.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.255.199]) by int-mx03.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n8HJcJmO023050; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:38:20 -0400 Original-Received: from opsy.redhat.com (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by ns3.rdu.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n8HJcIJP030856; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:38:19 -0400 Original-Received: by opsy.redhat.com (Postfix, from userid 500) id 6F866378204; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:38:18 -0600 (MDT) X-Attribution: Tom In-Reply-To: (Helmut Eller's message of "Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:20:31 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.67 on 10.5.11.16 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." 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:115428 Archived-At: >>>>> "Helmut" == Helmut Eller writes: Helmut> Despite that, a few years ago somebody has already proposed that Helmut> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2004-05/msg00095.html Helmut> and it wasn't deemed worthwhile back then. That is not my take on that thread. It just sort of petered out with no results. I didn't see any actual objection. Also, the Emacs project has a problem with losing patches. This is the second time I've reimplemented something only to find that a nearly identical patch has been sitting in the archives for years. Tom