>>>>>>>> On Wed, 16 Apr 1997, Vadim wrote: Vadim> > My beloved Vadik, :) there is nothing objectively "fast" Vadim> > about slang and nothing "slow" about lisp. Emacs seems to Vadim> > be alot more complicated then jed that's all. (maybe jed is Vadim> > faster just because it meant to be "fast emacs clone"?) Vadim> Vadim> Dearest Borik, you should know that various Lisps (scheme, Vadim> e-lisp, etc.) are interpreted really really slow, and S-Lang Vadim> is interpreted faster.
E-lisp is a very light lisp... Vadim> As far as I know, jed can do basically Vadim> the same things emacs can. Jed uses alot less system calls, too bad ;-). Vadim> It's still slower than vi, because Vadim> vi doesn't make 8 system calls per keystroke (as emacs does). Jed is about 3 system calls per keystroke, but it has nothing to do with lisp. Vadim> And about jed being faster because it's supposed to be a Vadim> faster emacs clone -- let's call emacs a faster ed clone and Vadim> see how it works ;) Let's call ed "fast but reduced emacs clone". Vadim> > Always truly yours, borik Vadim> Vadim> I love you too, bro Vadik . Can't live without you!! :..(.. borik ----------------------------------------------------------- Boris D. Beletsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] System Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] Institute of Computer Science [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hebrew University Jerusalem home: +972 2 6411880 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
