Re: Emacs C tutorial

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se>
> Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 04:18:42 +0100
> 
> The thing is, C isn't very practical. :)
> 
> C is great as a system language. It is very low-level
> (at least nowadays one would say), very fast, very
> straightforward... And this role, it has in Emacs as
> well!
> 
> You should use C for stuff that will be implemented
> once and then seldom if ever touched. It is not for
> interactive trial-and-error fine-tuning.
> 
> Lisp on the other hand is highly interactive, not at
> all kernel-like and "you should never notice it"
> bu-hoo arms down. In a way, Lisp is much more playful
> and alive. And that's why it is much closer to the
> user and why so many users, eh, use it!
> 
> So for users to improve Emacs by means of its C is
> like burning down the house to kill the rats. Not to
> mention, in practice that would be very unpleasant,
> having to recompile for every tiny change. For this
> reason alone, if I were to use C for each change and
> extention to the Emacs UX, that would make me not do
> it...

Even if all of the above were correct and accurate (which it isn't),
someone who wants to add or modify Emacs primitives written in C must
work on that level.

So knowing where to find the information the OP talked about is still
important, and, yes, very practical.