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this stuff is not reinventing the wheel. it is just building your own wheel, to better understand how it works. and other people (like i.e. me) like it, because
by erikb85 17y ago
this stuff is not reinventing the wheel. it is just building your own wheel, to better understand how it works. and other people (like i.e. me) like it, because then they don't have to write C, when they want to hack a little bit into the programs they use.
- zandorg 17y agoSorry for saying that! I too wrote my own editor in Lisp 2 years ago, and also wrote one for the Z80-based Z88, but that was too slow, although the Lisp version was okay. But the Z88 (6Mhz Z80) would have required a lot of optimisation and it was my lesson about how what can seem easy requires tons of special cases. But writing an editor is a good way to learn some things about computer science.
- spudlyo 17y agoIt's a rite of passage.