Re: Emacs 23 Mac port

[David Reitter]

On Jun 6, 2010, at 2:48 PM, John Higgins wrote:
> 
> Carbon is 32bit only and deprecated, the Mac port

Nobody said anything to the contrary.

> uses Cocoa and it can be compiled as 64bit executable.

I see a lot of Carbon in there, unlike in the NS port.

> 
> It also is very stable, has frequent updates with lots of activity,

It's great to see people like it.  This underscores my argument, namely that we 
should make sure the official NS port benefits from it.

> If it wasn't for Mitsuharu's hard work and dedication, there would be
> no 23.x Emacs for me and a lot of others on osx.


Absolutely.  Again, I'm keen to see some of this work integrated.

That said, I'm not sure I would talk badly about the NS port.
Aquamacs 2.0 currently contributes about 2,500 very regular users of the NS 
port (in its Aquamacs form running on a Mac, that is).  If they weren't happy, 
they wouldn't be using it. 
I don't know how many people use the pure NS port.