[ESS] need help locating an old thread

[Rodney Sparapani]

On 02/ 7/11 05:21 PM, Christophe Rhodes wrote:
>
> Hi!  It's on hold at the moment, in the sense that I don't have an
> immediate need for it.  On the other hand, it is very much "unfinished
> business", in the sense that it is very nearly useful.  The current
> state is pretty much encapsulated in
> <http://common-lisp.net/~crhodes/swankr/>.  If there's excitement or
> enthusiasm, I'm happy to take a more active role -- it's stalled because
> it's at that point where it needs a bit more investment of time than I
> can give it alone, but given a bit of a kick I think it could be really
> cool.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Christophe
>

For the sad and demented like myself, could some one explain what
advantages swank/SLIME might bring to ESS?  I'm probably not going to
do anything about it, but I would like to hear more.

Thanks,

Rodney