Re: GNU Emacs: Client/Server

[David Kastrup]

"Dhruva Krishnamurthy" <address@hidden> writes:

> On 05 Feb 2004 10:05:01 -0500, "Stefan Monnier"
> <address@hidden> said:
> > Maybe you know it and you're just experimenting, but I just want to make
> > sure you do realize that gnuclient/gnuserver already solve those
> > problems, so clearly there isn't much point is creating yet another system.
> 
> What about portability and distribution issues since it is written in C?

What about it?

> My idea was to write the whole stuff in Elisp and allow Emacs to
> handle the platform dependend stuff.  with this approach, I can be
> sure that where Emacs runs, the client/server code will run with no
> extra effort.

I'd be surprised if you manage to compile Emacs without a C compiler
on any platform.

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