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Re: Another iteration on the Emacs website
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H. Dieter Wilhelm |
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Re: Another iteration on the Emacs website |
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Sun, 28 Feb 2016 19:15:13 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.91 (gnu/linux) |
Mathias Dahl <address@hidden> writes:
> > Since I am so good at maths, I have calculated that sometimes this year,
> > it's Emacs' 40th birthday! Can we make it even more specific with a date,
> > perhaps, so that those of us that wants to can celebrate with some cake? :)
>
> I don't have any records of when the first Emacs was usable for editing.
> It would have been some time in late 1976, I think.
>
> But it may not have been an identifiable moment, anyway. I probably
> started editing with Emacs when it was not really ready to ask anyone
> else to use.
>
> One option is to imitate Christian practice by fictionally attributing
> to this event a date that is celebrated for some other reason. Thus,
> we could celebrate Emacs's birth on Grav-Mass day, December 25.
> (See stallman.org/grav-mass.html.)
>
>
> That, or December 10 (Nobel prize ceremony day)...
This is only logical ;-), but I like December 25 better, it is a better
spin for The Church!
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Best wishes
H. Dieter Wilhelm
Kelkheim, Germany