Re: Is Elisp really that slow?

[Marcin Borkowski]

On 2019-06-02, at 12:49, Stefan Huchler <stefan.huchler@mail.de> wrote:

> Emanuel Berg via help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Are we talking about being able to tell what
>> line point is at, to go to a specific line,
>> either thru a button or a manual command, and
>> so on?
>>
>> If so, isn't that like one of the most basic
>> feature any editor whatsoever should have?
>
> Showing lines sure goto line yes should be there but do I find it
> important? Not really, because you rarely remember a line number in a
> big file, you either make bookmarks or move with the search ability.
>
> [...]
>
> So moving through typing in line numbers for cursor movement seems to me
> very seldom a good way to operate.

Fair enough, but please remember that there are also other use cases.
I sometimes need to tell my teammate to look at a specific place in the
code.  Giving the line number is often the easiest way.

Best,

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Marcin Borkowski
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