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28.0.50; Lisp Mode is for Common Lisp

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Message #125 received at 49278 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>,
 João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
Cc: "monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca" <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
 "49278 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <49278 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: [External] : bug#49278: 28.0.50; Lisp Mode is for Common Lisp
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 09:43:44 -0700

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

>> "Because it's only appropriate for Common Lisp."  Good enough?
>
> No.  We don't know that.  We can't know that.

Yes we do, actually.  We know it won't work with any of the
overwhelmingly most popular Lisps out there (Scheme, Clojure, Racket).

If there is some random small Lisp dialect, it may or may not work.
According to Stefan M, no particular effort has been made for the last
20 years to support anything but Common Lisp.

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