Re: Emacs contributions, C and Lisp

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Richard Stallman writes:

 > Your arguments, which oppose more basic points, belong on
 > gnu-misc-discuss, not here.

Point taken.  I will, however, correct some blatant misstatements.

 > Rather, you're against the broader goal which this specific decision
 > is meant to achieve.

This is false.

 > What bothers you is not the possibility that this Emacs decision
 > might fail, but that it might succeed.

That's also false.

 > One way you do this is by attacking decisions about how to
 > implement them, claiming the decision will backfire.

That's not my claim, assuming that by "backfire" you mean Stefan's
worry about a Pyrrhic victory.

Regards,