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Re: Casting as wide a net as possible
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John Wiegley |
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Re: Casting as wide a net as possible |
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Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:02:06 -0800 |
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>>>>> Drew Adams <address@hidden> writes:
> My only point is that Lisp features really do make Emacs what it is. To
> point out what Emacs is necessarily means pointing out some of those
> features (IMO).
I agree. The things that make Emacs great:
1. Highly consistent syntax.
2. Self-documenting.
3. Integrated debugger.
4. Ability to re-evaluate functions in a running environment.
(i.e., everything that made Lisp Machines great)
5. Natural syntax for scoping resources (`with-temp-buffer ...')
6. Large and well documented API
7. Stable and mature concepts evolved over decades
8. Huge, HUGE community of cargo-cultable examples, for those just learning
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- Casting as wide a net as possible (was: First draft of the Emacs website), John Yates, 2015/12/10
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