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Re: Cool and Useful LISP for the .emacs file
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Jody M. Klymak |
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Re: Cool and Useful LISP for the .emacs file |
Date: |
Fri, 07 Nov 2003 14:17:36 -0800 |
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Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (windows-nt) |
Hello Dan,
Dan Anderson <dan@mathjunkies.com> writes:
> Of course, sometimes one gets stuck in a rut or paradigm and
> forgets how to leave. This should not be confused with difficulty
> programming in it, but trouble adapting to new habits.
My point was that the rut occupied by C, python, perl, etc is wide and
shallow compared to the rather narrow and deep rut occupied by lisp.
I'm not trying to say that lisp is a bad language, but, adapting to
new habits takes time. Having to jump ruts is an obstacle to those of
us who do not choose to invest this time.
I wonder how many more developers there might be for emacs if it had a
more accessible programming language. And I wonder if being wedded to
lisp will have an impact on emacs' future. Certainly, for me, it
makes casual dilettante hacking for my own uses difficult, whereas I
can usually muddle by in a piece of perl code.
But perhaps your sentiments are correct - maybe the litmus test of
having to learn lisp keeps out the riff-raff and leaves emacs to be
developed by the dedicated "professional programmers." Maybe that is
why it has remained so successful and the quality of what is out
there so high. I'm just trying to point out the point of view from a
longtime user in the trenches.
Cheers, Jody
- Re: Cool and Useful LISP for the .emacs file, (continued)
- Re: Cool and Useful LISP for the .emacs file, Gareth Rees, 2003/11/07
- Re: Cool and Useful LISP for the .emacs file, Dan Anderson, 2003/11/07
- Re: Cool and Useful LISP for the .emacs file, Rob Thorpe, 2003/11/07
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- Re: Cool and Useful LISP for the .emacs file, Jody M. Klymak, 2003/11/07
- Re: Cool and Useful LISP for the .emacs file, Kevin Rodgers, 2003/11/07
- Re: Cool and Useful LISP for the .emacs file, Dan Anderson, 2003/11/07
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- Re: Cool and Useful LISP for the .emacs file,
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- Re: Cool and Useful LISP for the .emacs file, Jesper Harder, 2003/11/07
- Re: Cool and Useful LISP for the .emacs file, Kin Cho, 2003/11/07
- Re: Cool and Useful LISP for the .emacs file, Artur Hefczyc, 2003/11/08
- Re: Cool and Useful LISP for the .emacs file, Thien-Thi Nguyen, 2003/11/08
- Re: Cool and Useful LISP for the .emacs file, David Kastrup, 2003/11/08
- Re: Cool and Useful LISP for the .emacs file, Artur Hefczyc, 2003/11/08
- Re: Cool and Useful LISP for the .emacs file, Artur Hefczyc, 2003/11/08
- Re: Cool and Useful LISP for the .emacs file, Kin Cho, 2003/11/08
- Re: Cool and Useful LISP for the .emacs file, David Masterson, 2003/11/12
- Re: Cool and Useful LISP for the .emacs file, Matthew Kennedy, 2003/11/12