Re: Gnus update

[Adrian Aichner]

Frank Schmitt <address@hidden> writes:

> David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> How is this going to be managed?  After all, Gnus also works for
>> XEmacs.
>
> My impression is that the number of XEmacs users is rapidly
> decreasing. Two years ago, the Emacs vs. XEmacs ratio in my favourite
> IRC channel was about 50:50. No it's 100:0. OK, perhaps I shouldn't

Hi Frank, if your favorite IRC channel is #emacs, then the fluctuation
can be explained by the fact that there now is an #xemacs channel as
well.

> generalize from this, but my guess is that in say 2006, nobody will talk
> about XEmacs anymore.

You might be overly "optimistic".

XEmacs is still getting features added which GNU Emacs is lacking,
along from the long-standing XEmacs package system.

bignums
and
modules
are just two that come to mind.

-- 
Adrian Aichner
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