Could Emacs be rewritten in Python?

[Aahz]

In article <m2k7e75aze.fsf at localhost.localdomain>,
Patrick K. O'Brien <pobrien at orbtech.com> wrote:
>
>Is it enough to support the following:
>
>* default Emacs keybindings
>* ability to remap keybindings
>* multiple buffers and multiple windows
>* multiple modes
>* keyboard friendliness (no need for a mouse)
>* minibuffer-style control of environment
>
>If not, what's missing and what's the definition of a "good editor"
>written in Python?  Should it allow customizations and extensions,
>like Emacs, but be a completely new and Pythonic API?

What's missing is a set of default vi keybindings.  Another missing
feature is working from the console.
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