Project Mage is an effort to build a power-user environment in Common Lisp

Post by rileyphone » Tue, Jan 17, 2023, 4:10 AM UTC

renox wrote: post #13

some-mthfka wrote: post #2

Hi! I am the author of the project. There's a discussion on Emacs is Not Enough that has been taking place today here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34375137 The Emacs is Not Enough is quite ranty, and its style is not to some people's taste (well, it is kind of a rant, after all). If you want the meat, indeed, please see any other articles on the homepage, or, for an overview of the project, this: https://pro…

I haven't finished reading everything but so far I like what I read. In a way, it reminds me of the software research project STEPS which aimed to reinvent computing with much less code than normal software. I consider this project a failure not because its funding got cut before the end but because nobody managed to reproduce their achievements (non reproducible research isn't research). I wish you more success!

Post by guestbest » Tue, Jan 17, 2023, 4:55 AM UTC

Post by some-mthfka » Tue, Jan 17, 2023, 5:33 AM UTC

guestbest wrote: post #33

Could all this be done in a smalltalk environment like squeak? I was wondering because I am modestly proficient in ObjC

Post by guestbest » Tue, Jan 17, 2023, 6:03 AM UTC

some-mthfka wrote: post #35

guestbest wrote: post #33

Could all this be done in a smalltalk environment like squeak? I was wondering because I am modestly proficient in ObjC

Absolutely, it's image-based. I have considered Smalltalk, but I like macros a bit too much. I am pretty sure CL code will have better performance too, but don't quote me on this. A point worth making: if I were to do it in Smalltalk, I would choose the standardized one, as the most stable one. Stability is pretty important for a project like this, as you would imagine.

Post by ephaeton » Tue, Jan 17, 2023, 6:47 AM UTC

fsckboy wrote: post #28

some-mthfka wrote: post #2

Hi! I am the author of the project. There's a discussion on Emacs is Not Enough that has been taking place today here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34375137 The Emacs is Not Enough is quite ranty, and its style is not to some people's taste (well, it is kind of a rant, after all). If you want the meat, indeed, please see any other articles on the homepage, or, for an overview of the project, this: https://pro…

Isn't It Obvious That C Programmers Wrote Git also a bit ranty. It was never made clear how Mage would make what-git-does better. And isn't it obvious that C Programmers also wrote unix, kernels and userspaces?