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From: jameson@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Kevin Jameson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.scheme
Subject: Lisp vs. Scheme Emacs
Message-ID: <237@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP>
Date: 22 Nov 88 21:54:36 GMT
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Why is Lisp used in GNU Emacs (and in the rest of the Emacs family)
in preference to Scheme?  Or phrased another way, would there be
any significant advantages/disadvantages to basing an editor on
Scheme instead of Lisp?

Thanks
  Kevin