X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to djgpp-bounces using -f
X-Recipient: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org
X-Spam-Level: 
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,RP_MATCHES_RCVD
	autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 22:27:11 +0300
Message-Id: <83ziscusfk.fsf@gnu.org>
From: "Eli Zaretskii (eliz AT gnu DOT org) [via djgpp AT delorie DOT com]" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <22307.43184.240302.252132@turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>
Subject: Re: Is DJGPP Emacs still wanted?
References: <83bn4uxben DOT fsf AT gnu DOT org>
	<837ffix9o7 DOT fsf AT gnu DOT org>
	<5722455F DOT 3020906 AT gmx DOT de>
	<831t5py22r DOT fsf AT gnu DOT org>
	<57228FEC DOT 9080408 AT gmx DOT de>
	<83mvocx0iw DOT fsf AT gnu DOT org>
	<22307 DOT 43184 DOT 240302 DOT 252132 AT turnbull DOT sk DOT tsukuba DOT ac DOT jp>
X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic]
X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e
Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com
X-Mailing-List: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com
Precedence: bulk

> Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 03:32:16 +0900
> From: "Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull AT sk DOT tsukuba DOT ac DOT jp>
> 
> I haven't used DJGPP based Emacs since early 1996.  It's been a
> tour-de-force that you've kept it running all these years, and I for
> one am deeply impressed that you've managed it, but honestly, I can't
> imagine that anyone depends on it any more.

Thanks for the feedback, but did you actually use DJGPP since that
year?  If not, it's little surprise that you don't need the DJGPP
Emacs, right?

What I'd like to know is whether those who do still develop and use
DJGPP need Emacs, like they need Bash, Grep, Gawk, Perl, and whatnot.