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		umanwizard 6 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rebasing in Magit 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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BigTTYGothGF 6 days ago [–]

> Emacs being written in lisp is an essential quality

Not for the parts of it I use.

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