Re: Global namespace (was Re: python libs v lisp coolness?

From: Kaz Kylheku (kaz_at_ashi.footprints.net)
Date: 10/30/03 

Date: 30 Oct 2003 01:11:07 -0800

Ville Vainio <ville.spammehardvainio@spamtut.fi> wrote in message news:<du77k2nn8g6.fsf@mozart.cc.tut.fi>...
> Christophe Rhodes <csr21@cam.ac.uk> writes:
>
> > Knowing no python, I believe the Common Lisp equivalent of this is
> > (cl:defpackage "MY-APP" (:use "CL"))
> > (cl:in-package "MY-APP")
> >
> > (os:listdir "/root")
>
> Any way to do this in emacs lisp?

Emacs Lisp is very limited dialect of Lisp used to develop and extend
a single application into which it is embedded. Never mind packages,
it has no lexical scope, object system or conditions. It's best
discussed in Emacs-related newsgroups, not comp.lang.lisp, where the
focus is the most prominent Lisp dialect known as ANSI Common Lisp.

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