* 1999-04-19 Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr&gt; list.xemacs * Message-Id: <8790boir7k.fsf(a)pc-hrvoje.srce.hr&gt; | | jari.aalto(a)poboxes.com (Jari Aalto+mail.emacs) writes: | | > We only need to take a look at the number of people that are | > supporting Perl modules compared with the number of people | > supporting Emacs lisp modules (and programs) and it's easy to | > calculate ratio of 50:1. Check traffic in perl groups vs. Emacs. | > | > If we had Perl as extension language, a vast number of potential | > programmers might step in. | | Thanks, but: no thanks. | | BTW, when you do the Perl-vs-Emacs groups ratios, don't forget to | discount the noise. I wonder how many more useful replies people are | getting on Emacs groups, compared to Perl. what I meant, that "vast number of active, existing, highly skilled Perl module writers and Perl program writers, Perl porters" might step into XEmacs business. Imagine the brainpower. I bet there would be more Perl programmers around in a short time compared to Common Lisp programmers. No? The Lisp is unfortunately not the future and has never been in large scale business programming. jari