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A Computer Is Just A Toy If It Cannot Run GNU Emacs -- Steven L.
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A computer is just a toy if it cannot run GNU Emacs
-- Steven L. Baur
Related:
Emacs -- the choice of a GNU generation.
EMACS /ee'maks/ n. [from Editing MACroS] The ne plus ultra of hacker editors, a programmable text editor with an entire LISP system inside it.
It was originally written by Richard Stallman in TECO under ITS at the MIT AI lab...
GNUMACS /gnoo'maks/ n. [contraction of `GNU EMACS'] Often-heard abbreviated name for the GNU project's flagship tool, EMACS.
Used esp. in contrast with GOSMACS....
computron /kom'pyoo-tron`/ n. 1. [common] A notional unit of computing power combining instruction speed and storage capacity
dimensioned roughly in instructions-per-second times megabytes-of-main-store times megabytes-of-mass-storage....
If a computer can't directly address all the RAM you can use, it's just a toy.
-- anonymous comp.sys.amiga posting, non-sequitu...
Amiga?! You mean a toy computer? :-)
GNUMACS: /gnoo'maks/ [contraction of `GNU EMACS'] Often-heard abbreviated name for the {GNU} project's flagship tool, {EMACS}.
Used esp. in contrast with {GOSMACS}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
oy n. A computer system; always used with qualifiers.
1. `nice toy': One that supports the speaker's hacking style adequately....
oy: n. A computer system; always used with qualifiers.
1. `nice toy': One that supports the speaker's hacking style adequately....