Re: Use scheme || nothing

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From: Per Abrahamsen
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 1994 23:02

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>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Christiansen <tchrist@mox.perl.com> writes:

Tom> Translating ksh93, perl5, or python into scheme will only slow them
Tom> down.  Why ever would you want to do this?

Maybe because you want to write an extension to a GNU tool but does
not like to write it in scheme?  

If someone feels more comfortable with python than lisp, would it be
so bad to allow him to use python to customize his editor, while stil
taking advantage of the packages written in emacs lisp and other
supported languages?

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From: abraham@iesd.auc.dk (Per Abrahamsen)
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