Re: "Why is emacs so square?"

[Po Lu]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

> I don't think the concept of "standard library" makes sense for Emacs
> Lisp.  However, I conceptually divide the programming facilities
> of Emacs into 
>
> * The Emacs Lisp language
>
> and
>
> * the editing facilities.

> I see buffers as part of the editing facilities, not part of the Emacs
> Lisp language itself.

I'm not sure I see that distinction, since Emacs Lisp as a language
doesn't really make sense without the editing facilities.  It would make
sense to classify Emacs Lisp as a whole as a highly domain-centric Lisp dialect.

> What do you mean by the term "Eintr"?

The book "An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp"