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Emacs is a system that adheres to this theory, being a small C core that implements an elisp runtime, and then the rest of the built-in functionality (as well a
by fouric 5y ago
Emacs is a system that adheres to this theory, being a small C core that implements an elisp runtime, and then the rest of the built-in functionality (as well as the entire plugin ecosystem) implemented as easily-tweakable elisp on top of that - but has not turned into "a byzantine nightmare of configurable interfaces, support systems, and so on". It's quite the counterexample to this claim.
- taeric 5y agoI'd argue that emacs is more monolithic in is main focus of text editing and elisp execution. It doesn't just build a plugin architecture. It literally built a platform and does most of it's work in the same way that user code can run.