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

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  1. lite

    A lightweight text editor written in Lua

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

  2. Stream

    Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video. Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.

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  3. theia

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

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

  4. yi

    The Haskell-Scriptable Editor (by yi-editor)

  5. 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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