From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Oliver Scholz Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Differences between Elisp and Lisp Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 13:03:30 +0200 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1051615668 10964 80.91.224.249 (29 Apr 2003 11:27:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 11:27:48 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 29 13:27:46 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19ATH0-0002qS-00 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 13:27:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 19ASvn-0004ez-03 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 07:05:51 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!dialin-145-254-195-051.arcor-ip.NET!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 16 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: dialin-145-254-195-051.arcor-ip.net (145.254.195.51) Original-X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1051614234 11096866 145.254.195.51 (16 [87814]) X-Attribution: os X-Face: "HgH2sgK|bfH$; PiOJI6|qUCf.ve<51_Od(%ynHr?=>znn#~#oS>",F%B8&\vus),2AsPYb -n>PgddtGEn}s7kH?7kH{P_~vu?]OvVN^qD(L)>G^gDCl(U9n{:d>'DkilN!_K"eNzjrtI4Ya6;Td% IZGMbJ{lawG+'J>QXPZD&TwWU@^~A}f^zAb[Ru;CT(UA]c& User-Agent: Gnus/5.090019 (Oort Gnus v0.19) Emacs/21.3.50 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:LIR/gsrYW/Rv/YO4wmY4ZuwPZiY= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:112496 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:8993 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:8993 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes: [...] > However, it has some peculiarities that many people find > disconcerting. For instance -- all variables have dynamic scope, > which is somewhat unusual these days. [...] AFAIK Miles Bader is working on a branch (“lexbind”) where he's implementing lexical scoping. But I have not found the time to check it out, yet, and I hope I don't spread misinformation. I hope that will get us closures, too. Oliver -- 10 Floréal an 211 de la Révolution Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité!