From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: bojohan+news@dd.chalmers.se (Johan =?utf-8?Q?Bockg=C3=A5rd?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: built-in function and primitive function Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:18:01 +0100 Organization: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1174664323 25333 80.91.229.12 (23 Mar 2007 15:38:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:38:43 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 23 16:38:37 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HUlqd-0004vr-LR for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:38:36 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HUlsX-00069h-JF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:40:33 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newshub.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!ltu.se!luth.se!193.10.88.111.MISMATCH!newsfeed.sunet.se!news01.sunet.se!129.16.222.141.MISMATCH!gide.ita.chalmers.se!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 14 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: gamma02.me.chalmers.se Original-X-Trace: gide.ita.chalmers.se 1174663081 24340 129.16.50.72 (23 Mar 2007 15:18:01 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@gide.ita.chalmers.se Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:18:01 +0000 (UTC) Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.93 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:7uH3QaElQ6Cc2/UnyKZLGmZ8j6o= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:146534 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:42138 Archived-At: A Soare writes: > Is there some difference between `built-in function' and `primitive > function'? (info "(elisp)Primitive Function Type") 2.3.15 Primitive Function Type ------------------------------ A "primitive function" is a function callable from Lisp but written in the C programming language. Primitive functions are also called "subrs" or "built-in functions". (The word "subr" is derived from "subroutine.") [...]