<p>
OK, so the thing about today's hackers is that they're often strikingly
funny.</p>
<p>
So even if you don't care about javascript or emacs, much less
javascript <strong>and</strong> emacs, you should go read
<a href="
http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/11/ejacs-javascript-interpreter-for-emacs.html">Steve
Yegge's discussion of implementing javascript in emacs lisp</a> because
all of the digressions and other silliness are sure to make you laugh.</p>
<p>
I mean, here's Steve discussing the name:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>In that blog I mentioned I was working nights part-time (among other
things) on a JavaScript interpreter for Emacs, written entirely in Emacs
Lisp. I also said I didn't have a name for it. A commenter named Andrew
Barry suggested that I should not call it Ejacs, and the name stuck.</p>