There are plenty of Emacses programmed in C-like languages. Oldest I can remember was Epsilon. "Epsilon was first released in 1984, long before Emacs was availa

There are plenty of Emacses programmed in C-like languages. Oldest I can remember was Epsilon. "Epsilon was first released in 1984, long before Emacs was available on personal computers, and modestly priced, so it provided an attractive alternative to the usual DOS editors for those accustomed to Emacs."