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GOSMACS
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GOSMACS /goz'maks/ /n./ [contraction of `Gosling EMACS']
The first EMACS-in-C implementation, predating but now largely
eclipsed by GNUMACS. Originally freeware; a commercial
version is now modestly popular as `UniPress EMACS'. The author,
James Gosling, went on to invent NeWS and the programming
language Java; the latter earned him demigod status.
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