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Re:Bringing GNU Emacs to native code [video] by toohotatopic on Monday May 04, 2020 @12:38PM (#23070147)
>You can easily hack the readtable in Lisp

The funny thing about lisp is that all things are easy, but yet, other eco systems offer more finished libraries.

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Re:Bringing GNU Emacs to native code [video] by reikonomusha on Monday May 04, 2020 @01:18PM (#23070710)
Other ecosystems also become obsolete or dead within years counted on one hand. That’s perfect for today’s culture of disposable code though. Lisp isn’t good for that.
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Re:Bringing GNU Emacs to native code [video] by TeMPOraL on Monday May 04, 2020 @05:05PM (#23073238)
That's the curse right here. Anyone can easily make a half-baked solution to their problem, so those solutions end up as half-baked libraries, if they get released at all.
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