Have always fantasized about writing an Emacs-like editor. What would be a good language (apart from LISP)?

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  • lite

    A lightweight text editor written in Lua

    • Regarding GUI, here's a Lua editor using SDL2: https://github.com/rxi/lite

  • theia

    Eclipse Theia is a cloud & desktop IDE framework implemented in TypeScript.

    • Theia These guys have made everything except a downloadable, installable product.

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    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • yi

    The Haskell-Scriptable Editor (by yi-editor)

  • lem

    Common Lisp editor/IDE with high expansibility

    • Yeah, there is not reason not to use lisp and a million reasons to use it. https://github.com/lem-project/lem

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