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The emacs "JOKES" file contains an extended section of proposed backronyms, along with a bunch of other 20-30 year-old jokey bits from usenet: https://github.c
by jzl 8y ago
The emacs "JOKES" file contains an extended section of proposed backronyms, along with a bunch of other 20-30 year-old jokey bits from usenet:
https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs/blob/master/etc/JOKES https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs/blob/master/etc/JOKES
EMACS may stand for "Editing MACroS," but some friends of mine suggested some more creative definitions.
Here they are. Anyone have any additions?
Eight Megabytes And Constantly Swapping
Even a Master of Arts Comes Simpler
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- vram22 8y agoI've heard it as Emacs Makes All Computers Slow. Probably was more applicable in the old days (as one call tell from the "megabytes" in the parent comment) than nowadays :)
- shagie 8y agoThats because it Eventually Mallocs All Computer Storage.
- duozerk 8y agoI'm often surprised how Emacs can struggle sometimes on modern hardware, like for example when chain-executing complex keyboard macros - though mostly yeah, it doesn't apply all that much anymore.
- cup-of-tea 8y agoEmacs is actually faster than most editors, but it lets you do anything so of course you can slow it down.
- masklinn 8y agoThe issue is it remains non-concurrent and any code (macros, extensions, …) executes in place of the editor doing its thang, so any non-trivial operation (or trivial operation on an entire buffer) locks up the editor until it's done and does its thing. And while it might technically be faster for the process, as is the case with e.g. STW GCs on large processes it 1. feels horrible and 2. as an editor is interactive it stops the user in their tracks and slows them down to hell
- justinian 8y agoEscape-meta-alt-ctrl-shift!