Emacs was released in 1985. That's 36 years ago. Half of that is 18. What am I missing?
In fact, Emacs was first implemented as a plugin (a set of macros in the language of the time) for a now forgotten editor called Teco, which was one of the first, if not the first, programmable editor ever.
What do you use these days?
Sounds like the culture in the CMU CS department was pretty great.
Thank you for sharing this historical gem with us.
[1] why on earth would they go through the traumatic change of reprogramming their muscle memory after so many years? it would be like a wizard that voluntarily gives their power away. like a father sacrificing his own child.
Gosh, "old timer" :(
Here in South Africa we typically use "old-timer" to refer to someone who is very experienced.
My comment was expressed with the utmost respect I assure you :)
Why fix what ain't broke? /s