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There was a person named Emack, who gave his name to the ice cream shop Emack and Bolio’s, which the editor may or may not be named after.

DonHopkins 7y ago
That's in Cambridge near MIT, and it was a favorite of the MIT-AI Lab crowd too, so that may have influenced it! There's also a text formatting program named Bolio. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emacs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emacs >Reynolds, Craig (1992-02-10). Wiseman, David G. (ed.). "The Emac Bolio Name Koan". David G. Wiseman: Stories of Computer Folklore. A cocky novice once said to Stallman: 'I can guess why the editor is called Emacs, but why is the justifier called Bolio?'. Stallman replied forcefully, Names are but names, Emack & Bolio's is the name of a popular ice cream shop in Boston town. Neither of these men had anything to do with the software.' His question answered, yet unanswered, the novice turned to go, but Stallman called to him, 'Neither Emacs nor Bolio had anything to do with the ice cream shop, either.' https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18319124 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18319124 >gumby 8 months ago on: Talking to the Mailman – Interview with Richard St... >The Flanders and Swan song ("I'm a gnu") was not a kid's song. >I'm not sure if Emacs and Bolio was open when the editor evolved, but the text formatting program (like runoff) called "Bolio" was definitely named after the ice cream store (since by the time it was written Emacs already existed). I wonder if there's any software named after Mary Chung's legendary Suan La Chow Show / Suanla Chaoshou? https://www.yelp.com/menu/mary-chung-restaurant-cambridge/item/suan-la-chow-show https://www.yelp.com/menu/mary-chung-restaurant-cambridge/it... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suanla_chaoshou https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suanla_chaoshou >Mary Chung's restaurant (鍾園川菜館, Pinyin: Zhōngyuán Chuāncàiguǎn) in Cambridge, Massachusetts serves a dish called Suan La Chow Show, which are dumplings in a spicy soy ginger sauce on top of a bed of raw mung bean sprouts. This popular dish is different from the suan la chao shou described by Fuchsia Dunlop, who studied at the Sichuan Institute of Higher Cuisine in Chengdu. Although somewhat similar, Dunlop's recipe includes a substantial amount of black vinegar in the sauce, making it much more sour.

DonHopkins 7y ago

That's in Cambridge near MIT, and it was a favorite of the MIT-AI Lab crowd too, so that may have influenced it! There's also a text formatting program named Bolio. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emacs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emacs >Reynolds, Craig (1992-02-10). Wiseman, David G. (ed.). "The Emac Bolio Name Koan". David G. Wiseman: Stories of Computer Folklore. A cocky novice once said to Stallman: 'I can guess why the editor is called Emacs, but why is the justifier called Bolio?'. Stallman replied forcefully, Names are but names, Emack & Bolio's is the name of a popular ice cream shop in Boston town. Neither of these men had anything to do with the software.' His question answered, yet unanswered, the novice turned to go, but Stallman called to him, 'Neither Emacs nor Bolio had anything to do with the ice cream shop, either.' https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18319124 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18319124 >gumby 8 months ago on: Talking to the Mailman – Interview with Richard St... >The Flanders and Swan song ("I'm a gnu") was not a kid's song. >I'm not sure if Emacs and Bolio was open when the editor evolved, but the text formatting program (like runoff) called "Bolio" was definitely named after the ice cream store (since by the time it was written Emacs already existed). I wonder if there's any software named after Mary Chung's legendary Suan La Chow Show / Suanla Chaoshou? https://www.yelp.com/menu/mary-chung-restaurant-cambridge/item/suan-la-chow-show https://www.yelp.com/menu/mary-chung-restaurant-cambridge/it... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suanla_chaoshou https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suanla_chaoshou >Mary Chung's restaurant (鍾園川菜館, Pinyin: Zhōngyuán Chuāncàiguǎn) in Cambridge, Massachusetts serves a dish called Suan La Chow Show, which are dumplings in a spicy soy ginger sauce on top of a bed of raw mung bean sprouts. This popular dish is different from the suan la chao shou described by Fuchsia Dunlop, who studied at the Sichuan Institute of Higher Cuisine in Chengdu. Although somewhat similar, Dunlop's recipe includes a substantial amount of black vinegar in the sauce, making it much more sour.