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Re: Emacs Modular Configuration: the preferable way.


From: Emanuel Berg
Subject: Re: Emacs Modular Configuration: the preferable way.
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2021 18:47:17 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux)

tomas wrote:

> Of course, the OP can do what (s)he wants at home, but once
> the code ends up in public, as above, such a hint as Eli's
> is invaluable.

It stinks.

> If you want to see what happens otherwise, have a look
> at PHP.
>
> The language itself has evolved a lot since its beginnings
> (to the better, IMO). But you still see extremely bad habits
> "out there" which wouldn't be necessary these days --
> because, well, they are "out there" (for example: assebling
> SQL queries with sprintf [1]). They take a life of their own
> :-)

If it is string to begin with and the end result is a string
one should be able to use string functions to "assemble" it.

It is just as natural as using addition and subtraction with
integers.

Read the book on type theory if you don't believe me! And the
Wikipedia page on type systems.

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