From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Pierre Lecocq Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Is it the 40th Anniversary of Emacs Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 23:13:05 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20161103180155.0928b9db@jabberwock.cb.piermont.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e013c6f9aa5794305406cdc7c X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1478211261 4214 195.159.176.226 (3 Nov 2016 22:14:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 22:14:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, Emacs developers To: "Perry E. Metzger" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 03 23:14:16 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c2QGT-0004mO-90 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2016 23:13:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35377 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c2QGV-0002ZJ-9Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2016 18:13:43 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55173) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c2QFw-0002YH-G5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2016 18:13:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c2QFv-0005GW-Hv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2016 18:13:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-wm0-x22a.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c09::22a]:36353) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c2QFv-0005GC-AJ; Thu, 03 Nov 2016 18:13:07 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-wm0-x22a.google.com with SMTP id p190so15235393wmp.1; Thu, 03 Nov 2016 15:13:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=STFp4Huwi9WdXgnuS6ZOZOOz6Yd+/Bc/ZgmIoEjw+QE=; b=m+sA1gtgVsQd5L9wSAakoaC7jTct1UFOgASYNgB/lrWsNFcAPIgABLJz+hvwS6Ao8d Tee+6aQjMPR1PNqpgAfU6BRwxz2h4f2SrpG9+Wio8OpObj52mNk1FC5WDN1+HCPsIxdy Uf4FUs+zJO5LsiZx1mJi0/VhtejicSFQIWn6eIeZ7WbPkE9SB4QXVbSMS78dLhNYwVVd alqY6HjpbFPXv8+89ufYennCc1ey10tfNk1geBXASGCAH3IZHJwyGpL03Vl7XzwYQODd Jkx1eR5Gu1kXV3wUI4KiEE/+mIs4g9OIYuiAUEQFIgtqpK9tnM81dZRvilzB10rgpt8z 3Eng== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=STFp4Huwi9WdXgnuS6ZOZOOz6Yd+/Bc/ZgmIoEjw+QE=; b=LjKclqlCAt6ATwcuA9k8lT1Q+5XyQdywM0eubHjbiVPZk5cyjO+2IQLBiz8NWjkJSA brgVwx6AFSDJxbDGKHZWbREBFlNLmDx1RQ24qRt6ypeC578hvxlCw/H3Ta7gc4A0ub4w ZGewGgI5aZNxJorR2uxiYPryIwqB8E4vGQt1KbJQdxUxzqNuEmHeckN6i21QAtHZ0KbO QIqyay4OlU2S1243CPW5ENtEqi6kSGTLD+dlW+XMkxKqlFWdUkH/++XwJgAHSpaAnpx3 HXgxgPkdecGBC31grOQkwQygPdfgKjfaVIzL1aEzi+qPBVcFjehsuxVojrojTDdYKwq0 D0SQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ABUngvfBi4LM4b3mbjffMNZjomY0B6pPlmYBmOp03bJMxljFL2lM90wzNN3df1Xlmk5IlsRZViqm5ekyTX0hhw== X-Received: by 10.194.238.42 with SMTP id vh10mr3511038wjc.216.1478211186028; Thu, 03 Nov 2016 15:13:06 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.80.170.115 with HTTP; Thu, 3 Nov 2016 15:13:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20161103180155.0928b9db@jabberwock.cb.piermont.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c09::22a X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:209140 Archived-At: --089e013c6f9aa5794305406cdc7c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 According to the GNU.org page dedicated to GNU Emacs, you are right: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/further-information.html Now, what month or day is another question! P. On 3 November 2016 at 23:01, Perry E. Metzger wrote: > 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? > > Perry > -- > Perry E. Metzger perry@piermont.com > > --089e013c6f9aa5794305406cdc7c Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
According to the GNU.org page dedicated to GNU Emacs, you = are right:=C2=A0https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/further-information.html

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On 3 November 2016 at 23:01, Perry E. Metzge= r <perry@piermont.com> wrote:
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?

Perry
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