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ispell.el and pipes

From: André A . Gomes
Subject: ispell.el and pipes
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 17:42:53 +0300
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) 
Hi Emacs,

I'm a layman, so please instruct me.

In the beginning was Ispell (the spelling program) and ispell.el (the
Emacs interface).  The communication is via pipes or ptys.

But today there's Aspell (among others), which provides an external C
API.

Could Emacs leverage it?  What are the pros and cons of pipes/ptys and
the C API for Emacs' sake?

Thanks.


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