Re: Is Elisp really that slow?

[Robert Thorpe]

Emanuel Berg via help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:

> Robert Thorpe wrote:
>
>> I think is mainly because of the way you use
>> this mailing list.
>>
>> You seem to think of it as something more
>> than a help mailing list. I think lots of
>> other people think of it strictly as
>> a help list.
>>
>> I expect that some of your mails would work
>> better elsewhere. Perhaps on a blog or
>> on Reddit.
>
> Had I known there was no computer culture
> whatsoever I would never have done any of this
> to begin with.
>
> Taking pride in elitist one-dimensionalness and
> the prevailing notion that computer people
> should themselves be and act as computers -
> it is _in-human_.
>
> Or wait... maybe it isn't elitism or even
> a notion... maybe people really *are* like
> that? Now had I known _that_, not only would
> I never have done any of this, I would have
> turned and run as fast as I possibly could,
> without ever looking back!

What I'm saying here is about context.

I have nothing against computer culture.  I think it's fairly
interesting, and I sometimes talk about it too.

The point is though, it's not what *this list* is about.  This list is
much more focused on help, as it says in the name.  There are other
forums that are much more loose.

Take Reddit, for example.  Lots of your more off-the-wall mails would be
appreciated on Emacs Reddit.  That's because it's not a forum focused on
help.  By posting off-the-wall stuff here you're irritating others and
also needlessly frustrating yourself.

BR,
Robert Thorpe