Re: combining cond and let, to replace pcase.

[Gerd Möllmann]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>,  rms@gnu.org,
>>  sbaugh@janestreet.com,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
>> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2023 13:16:58 +0100
>> 
>> But to the full truth also belongs that Richard has stopped programming
>> completely in 2008
>
> 'git log --author="rms@gnu.org" --pretty=format:"%an%x09%ad%x09%s"'
> begs to differ, FWIW.

I was remembering some interview I read on the Internet, which I can't
find anymore. Anyway, https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html seems
to say some similar:

  My favorite programming languages are Lisp and C. However, since around
  1992 I have worked mainly on free software activism, which means I am
  too busy to do much programming. Around 2008 I stopped doing programming
  projects. As a result, I have not had time or occasion to learn newer
  languages such as Perl, Python, PHP, Ruby, Lua, Go, Scala, Rust, and so
  on. Therefore, I don't have an opinion about them as languages.

>> and that he doesn't seem to be very familiar with current Elisp
>
> ?? How is "current ELisp" different from 2008-vintage ELisp?

CLOS, generalized variables, pcase, apparently, I don't know.