Re: Emacs rewrite in a maintainable language

[Óscar Fuentes]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

> It's all a pipe dream, no more, unless someone steps forward who
> really intends and is able to do the job. And that is even before we
> start talking about which alternative language should that be,
> something that in itself is not a trivial decision.

I agree, but the key here is that others said "No, there is no need or
advantage on doing so." Your response is of a very different kind.

> Also, please note that, due to a strange coincidence (or maybe
> something else), doing so will require the same talents you rightfully
> say are at premium.  What does that tell us about the probability of
> finding such individuals?

Yes, coordinating all the volunteers for the task will be no problem.
However, it is not absolutely necessary to have a global understanding
of the module that it is being translated to the new language. Depending
on the target language, a shallow knowledge can be sufficient. This
makes the requirements for the translator job to be much less stringent
than those for the maintainer of the same module.