From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Doug Lewan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: EMACS, 1976 Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:14:11 +0000 Message-ID: <155DEC68569B714B86C2C7075F5EDA9812CC470A@DAKIYA1.pegasus.local> References: <20120725114404.GE2818@mark-laptop> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1343222060 29154 80.91.229.3 (25 Jul 2012 13:14:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:14:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" To: Mark Skilbeck , Barry Margolin Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 25 15:14:20 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Su1Pv-0000Eq-U0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:14:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51830 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Su1Pu-0003qn-Vd for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:14:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:42300) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Su1Ph-0003jR-Jr for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:14:14 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Su1Pa-00068p-BL for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:14:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mailhost.shubertorg.com ([207.246.209.200]:51629 helo=webmail.shubertorg.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Su1Pa-000684-7c for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:13:58 -0400 Original-Received: from dakiya1.pegasus.local ([::1]) by DAKIYA1.pegasus.local ([::1]) with mapi id 14.01.0339.001; Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:14:12 -0400 Thread-Topic: EMACS, 1976 Thread-Index: AQHNalFq+wlsPXqYLkCYExgxGiZeN5c6JAAA///Va5A= In-Reply-To: <20120725114404.GE2818@mark-laptop> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.0.21.202] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Windows XP/2000 (RFC1323+, w+, tstamp-) X-Received-From: 207.246.209.200 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:86030 Archived-At: Barry, I agree entirely. I think I'd rather write assembler. On the other hand, I'd bet that writing it once in a language such as TECO = really helped Stalling consolidate his ideas. ,Doug > -----Original Message----- > From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+dougl=3Dshubertticketing.com@gnu.org > [mailto:help-gnu-emacs-bounces+dougl=3Dshubertticketing.com@gnu.org] On > Behalf Of Mark Skilbeck > Sent: Wednesday, 2012 July 25 07:44 > To: Barry Margolin > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > Subject: Re: EMACS, 1976 >=20 > On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 06:36:58AM -0400, Barry Margolin wrote: > > In article , > > Mark Skilbeck wrote: > > > > > Hello, fellow Emacsen (Emacsians?). > > > > > > I've been reading RMS's essay, EMACS: The Extensible, Customizable > > > Display Editor[0], and it's piqued an interest in me; I would like > to > > > view the code that made up the first EMACS release in 1976. Have it > > > any of you lads and lasses, or know where it I may find? > > > > I googled for "teco emacs" and found this: > > > > http://pdp-10.trailing-edge.com/mit_emacs_170_teco_1220/index.html > > > > Good luck understanding TECO. > > >=20 > I can quite comfortably say I do *not* envy Stallman's having to write > that. >=20 > -- > - mgs. >=20 > if all you young men / were fish in the water > how many young girls / would undress and dive after