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Lisp vs. Scheme Emacs

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Subject: Lisp vs. Scheme Emacs
From: att!alberta!calgary!cpsc!jameson@bloom-beacon.mit.edu (Kevin Jameson)
Date: Tue ,22 Nov 88 17:54:36 EDT
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Why is Lisp used in GNU Emacs (and in the rest of the Emacs family)
in preference to Scheme?  Or phrased another way, would there be
any significant advantages/disadvantages to basing an editor on
Scheme instead of Lisp?

Thanks
  Kevin

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