Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ummm.. yeah. What I meant was, the cosmos of emacs-fans do *everything > with emacs* -- emacs is the be-all and end-all. That's what "one > [emacs] fits all" is all about. which isn't surprising, since you > could consider emacs a complete *runtime environment* or even a > sorta-OS.
I find claims of these too myopic for comfort. You could say "Linux is the be-all and end-all" and still get berated by other OS freaks. You could say "Roman Catholicism is the One True Religion" and still get pissed on my Muslims and Satanists. The magic word is *could*. > but let's face it, emacs lisp isn't exactly the greatest solution to > all the world's problems. It's great at some things, but i've seen > some pretty ugly things that were done in the name of lisp (well that > was in sawfish, but i digress..) of course the legions of the > emacs-faithful will point to their cornucopia of add-ons and the > infinite levels of customization. that's a feature to you, not a bug > -- but there's a whole other world of people for which that's a bug, > not a feature. :) There is no silver bullet, remember? Why should I use a fork to sip soup From my bowl when there's a spoon? Why should I run barefoot when there's running shoes (or shoes that can run by themselves)? Why should I use guns, goons and gold to dominate the world when I can just write software that *actually* works and does just that? No, I like to think elisp solves some of *my world's* problems. It is another tool I could use, along with C, assembly language, 1337sP34k, and vulgar language to rid myself of bugs and those who bug me. -- ZAK B. ELEP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- <http://zakame.spunge.org> 1024D/FA53851D 1486 7957 454D E529 E4F1 F75E 5787 B1FD FA53 851D -- Running Debian GNU+Linux testing/unstable. GnuPG signed mail preferred.
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