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Re: Is it the 40th Anniversary of Emacs
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Perry E. Metzger |
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Re: Is it the 40th Anniversary of Emacs |
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Thu, 3 Nov 2016 18:46:56 -0400 |
On Thu, 3 Nov 2016 23:13:05 +0100 Pierre Lecocq
<address@hidden> wrote:
> On 3 November 2016 at 23:01, Perry E. Metzger <address@hidden>
> wrote:
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> > If I'm not mistaken, the first Emacs appeared in late 1976. That
> > would make this approximately the 40th anniversary, which I think
> > is notable. Am I correct on that?
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> According to the GNU.org page dedicated to GNU Emacs, you are right:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/further-information.html
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> Now, what month or day is another question!
I suspect if anyone can tell us, it would be RMS, but I also suspect
that there was no single moment when it appeared. :)
Perry
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