Re: IDE

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: David Kastrup <address@hidden>
> Cc: John Wiegley <address@hidden>,  address@hidden
> Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 21:07:50 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> >> From: "John Wiegley" <address@hidden>
> >> Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 11:31:13 -0700
> >> 
> >> To reiterate: I think Emacs becomes more of an IDE when it provides
> >> the backbone of an IDE, and not when it looks like one.
> >
> > I don't think this will fly.  In effect, you are telling Emacs users
> > they will have to code their own IDE by using the infrastructure
> > (a.k.a. "backbone") that we provide.
> 
> I don't see that.  He is telling Emacs developers they'll be able to
> rely on common infrastructure for creating an IDE catered to some
> particular language/system.

OK, but IMO we should aim for more than that.  What John wrote sounded
like providing the infrastructure _is_ the goal.  Apologies if I
misunderstood.