Nascif Abousalh-Neto writes: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Paul Kinnucan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Nascif Abousalh-Neto writes:
[snip] > > I had the impression you had not read my e-mail entirely; > I had mentioned that JDE already uses Java for many tasks just two > paragraphs below. > I apologise for writing an e-mail so long. > I did read your mail through but hastily as I was about to go out the door and wanted to fire off a quick reply. [snip] > > I just wanted to throw the idea out since I believe that having a Java-based > open API would allow JDE to > evolve much faster, since more tools would be automatically available for > integration *and* a lot more designers > would be able to contribute (nothing against learning Lisp, please don't > take me wrong). I think what you are suggesting is impractical. I don't see how you can provide a robust and efficient extension framework that runs in a separate process from Emacs itself. Interprocess communications and synchronization pose very great, perhaps insurmountable difficulties for such a framework. - Paul
