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 > >