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umanwizardyesterday at 3:26 PM1 replyview on HN

There would be no point to writing emacs in a language that can’t be developed interactively in a repl. Emacs being written in lisp is an essential quality.


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BigTTYGothGFyesterday at 3:42 PM

> Emacs being written in lisp is an essential quality

Not for the parts of it I use.