Lisp vs Scheme in GNU Emacs

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From: Kevin Jameson
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1988 15:11

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Could anyone comment on the reason why Lisp was chosen instead of Scheme
for GNU Emacs.  I know that the historical Emacs editor family has always
used Lisp, and that Lisp is the local environment language at MIT, but
Scheme has also been around for a decade at MIT.  I don't know the deep
issues of the languages well enough to see why Lisp would be better than
Scheme or vice versa.  Can anyone in the know shed some light?

Thanks.

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