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tromey started a project to port Emacs to pure CL (http://tromey.com/blog/?p=709 http://tromey.com/blog/?p=709). Why not help him out instead of dividing the ef
by agentultra 14y ago
tromey started a project to port Emacs to pure CL (http://tromey.com/blog/?p=709 http://tromey.com/blog/?p=709). Why not help him out instead of dividing the effort?
- astine 14y agoWhile I really hope Tromey's effort succeeds, I really think that this is probably a different effort with different goals. Porting Emacs to CL would greatly strengthen the platform Emacs is written on and would add a lot of features for free. Porting Emacs to the JVM, however, might also provide that, but would also provide simple access to the Java ecosystem, which would be a substantial boon.
- agentultra 14y agoCould compile it with ABCL and get the same thing from a single code-base.
- cheez 14y agoScratching your own itch is powerful. Besides, getting up to speed on someone else's madness is not worth it most of the time.
- JoelMcCracken 14y agoClojure just has more velocity than CL at this point. I'd rather see the Clojure port, personally. It would be nice, though, to see both!
- mhd 14y agoDidn't Erik Naggum try his hand at a CL/CLIM port years and years ago?
- PuercoPop 14y agoYeah, climacs. http://common-lisp.net/project/climacs/ http://common-lisp.net/project/climacs/ By the way. Porting the C part is one thing but what to do about all the emacs lisp packages? a compat mode?
- agentultra 14y agoSee http://tromey.com/blog/?p=778 http://tromey.com/blog/?p=778 where he talks about some of the difficulties. tldr; Theoretically it should just work. There are some tricky bits.
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- malkia 14y agoThere is an "emacs" written in pure CL - LispWorks - yes it's commercial, and not exactly the same as emacs - but very close. Some versions of LispWorks comes with the whole source of the editor, and the environment.
- zellyn 14y agoAnyone know his current status?