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From: ab2r@quads.uchicago.edu (Marshall Abrams)
Subject: Re: Freemacs or MG2a or Epsilon?
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Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1991 20:27:34 GMT

C/Lisp--compiled/interpreted?:
Yeah, some of us prefer Lisp, but most people seem to like C.  But for
the purpose of running on a slow machine, a compiled extension
language is essential.  My guess is that what makes Brief and Freemacs
so slow is that they don't compile to binary code.  This can be a big
liability when most of the editor is written in the extension
language.  I suppose GNU would be at least as bad on an 8088, if it
could be run at all.