Re: on ``An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp''

[Marcin Borkowski]

On 2016-02-02, at 01:28, Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> wrote:

> Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> writes:
>
>> I'd like to point out that one nice benefit of
>> compiling from source (apart from staying on the
>> bleeding edge) ...
>
> There can be many definitions of "staying on the
> bleeding edge". One is: using software to be active,
> creative and productive with *your own projects* that
> perhaps nobody else knows about, until you release it
> for everyone to see and (sometimes) use.
>
> Using the latest releases of everything, including
> hardware components, is something some people take
> pride in.
>
> But often this is actually something that one
> shouldn't do because it is an obstacle to the own
> activity which benefits from reliable, familiar tools.

Fair enough.

I have to say, though, that the alleged unreliability of the development
version of Emacs has yet to hit me.

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University