[pmoriarty]

Let me ask you this:

If Emacs and all of its extension code was completely rewritten in Scheme, what would be the point of sticking with Elisp? And how would using a Scheme-only Emacs be "GNU Emacs's suicide"?

What concrete value does Elisp add over Scheme?

CL vs Scheme, I could see an (unconvincing to me) argument for, but Elisp? Elisp?

Don't get me wrong. I'd much rather use Elisp than most any other non-lispy language. I just don't see anything in it to recommend it over a modern Scheme like Guile.

But I'm open to being shown the errors of my ways. What's so great about Elisp? Please enlighten me.