GOSMACS /goz'maks/ N. [contraction Of `Gosling EMACS'] The First EMACS-in-C Implementation, Predating But Now Largely Eclipsed By GNUMACS.

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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 was modestly popular as `UniPress EMACS' during
the 1980s. The author, James Gosling, went on to invent NeWS
and the programming language Java; the latter earned him
demigod status.

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