Re: What's missing in ELisp that makes people want to use cl-lib?

[Po Lu]

Dmitry Gutov <dmitry@gutov.dev> writes:

> Poets don't use a common intermediate language which can be defined,
> studied and use by anybody who has the inclination and time to
> understand it. And makes sentences shorter.

Poetic license can be defined, studied and employed by anyone with a
sufficient impetus to do so, which is why it is analogous to functional
programming, or to any other vogue for a particular programming practice
that enjoys a spot in the limelight once in a while.  But such time and
inclination are always in short supply.