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From: rgr@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (robert.g.robillard)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Origin of term "Emacs"
Keywords: Etymology, Emacs
Message-ID: <2525@cbnewsm.ATT.COM>
Date: 9 Aug 89 22:08:19 GMT
References: <2481@orion.cf.uci.edu> <57187@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Reply-To: rgr@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (robert.g.robillard)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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Lum Johnson <lum@cis.ohio-state.edu> writes:
> swooldri@orion.cf.uci.edu (Steve Wooldridge) writes:
>>I am trying to track down the orgin of the term "emacs." Is it an

>Emacs == Editing MACros.

Can anyone out there give me the defintive relationship between the
name "Emacs" and the Boston Ice Cream parlour "Emac and Bolio's"?
I can't believe that it's a coincidence, particularly considering
the relationship between Steve's Ice Cream and the Lisp Flavours
system.
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|  Duke Robillard                                                        |
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