> By the way, at it's core Emacs is an emacs lisp interpreter, not a text editor (despite misconceptions).
While this is very true, it should also be mentioned that Elisp is a lisp designed for writing text editing tools.
(Die-hard lispers will cry blasphemy here; I realize that you could get the same effect in $lisp with a proper set of macros. I maintain that the distinction is not relevant as lisp blurs language and library).
While this is very true, it should also be mentioned that Elisp is a lisp designed for writing text editing tools.
(Die-hard lispers will cry blasphemy here; I realize that you could get the same effect in $lisp with a proper set of macros. I maintain that the distinction is not relevant as lisp blurs language and library).