Re: Find the longest word in the word list file.

[Hongyi Zhao]

On Thu, Aug 12, 2021 at 10:29 AM Emanuel Berg via Users list for the
GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> Hongyi Zhao wrote:
>
> >>> But in Emacs, what is the elisp implementation for the
> >>> above task?
> >>
> >> This is one better suited for the shell IMO.
> >
> > I don't think so. Whether you start completely from scratch,
> > with elisp, there are so many selections for doing such
> > a thing. This way can give us a deeper understanding of
> > algorithms and how computers work.
>
> Uhm, I said that with respect to solving the particular
> problem, not get a deeper understanding of anything, but even
> so Emacs/Elisp isn't more from scratch than awk. What makes
> you think it is?

>From the point of view that lisp can be used to develop operating
systems [1], while awk absolutely can't.

> Well, maybe if you do it from the scratch buffer...

OMG. I can't say anything.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_Machine_Lisp

Best, Hongyi