Re: (aset UNIBYTE-STRING MULTIBYTE-CHAR)

[David Kastrup]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     While I don't consider Python as the best design by far (the lack
>     of type system rules it out right away), Elisp's dynamic scoping
>     mixed with buffer-local and frame-local and terminal-local
>     variables is pretty horrendous,
>
> I think it is elegant.  Dynamic scoping is absolutely essential for an
> Emacs-like editor, as explained in the Emacs paper from 1981.

Shhhhh.  Stefan is still in Cc, and he'll be sad to hear that his
lexbind branch can't possibly exist.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum