Re: C and Emacs Lisp code parts

[Andreas Röhler]

On 02.07.2016 08:32, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Cc: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> > From: Andreas Röhler <address@hidden>
> > Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 22:04:08 +0200
> >
> > BTW think at the fate of bazaar. Here Python was at stake and for a time
> > it growed quickly. Assume the easiness of Python as a factor of success.
> > But finally a C-based tool won the race, while bazaar went into bigger
> > and bigger issues. Why? :-)
> Bazaar is fast enough.  Its dropping out of favor was due to the fact
> that that it stopped being actively maintained.

AFAIK before Emacs switched to it and after considerable efforts been 
put into it. Nonetheless the complains being slow multiplied. You must 
have seen the echo here on this list.

Assume from a certain point it grow that complex, it ended up 
unmaintainable.
Too many commits and extensions, not enough tests, not enough discuss 
and reflection.