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Re: How to pronouncd "Emacs"?
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David Kastrup |
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Re: How to pronouncd "Emacs"? |
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27 Nov 2003 13:56:00 +0100 |
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Brad Collins <brad@studiojungle.net> writes:
> Pascal Bourguignon <spam@thalassa.informatimago.com> writes:
>
>
> > [snip] Indeed, some hackers find EMACS too
> > heavyweight and baroque for their taste....
>
> Baroque?
>
> Hmmmm. Or perhaps a Greek Tragedy?
>
> You *could* think of Emacs as a sort of labyrinth, with info and help
> features acting as Ariadne's thread leading to Richard Stallman at the
> center playing the Minotaur!
What a load of bull. Richard Stallman is, of course, playing Stephen
Dedalus.
> Except in the Emacs version we never quite reach the center because
> Theseus keeps getting sidetracked, customizing the labyrinth as he
> goes along, changing the lighting, adding new passages and creating
> shortcuts between tunnels....
Emacs is certainly modernistic.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum