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From: sdl@MBUNIX.MITRE.ORG (Litvintchouk)
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Subject: My best guess at the origin of the name Emacs
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Date: 13 Aug 89 18:52:32 GMT
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> I found this in an OLD dusty manual here at our office
> 
> "What is EMACS?  It is a tree falling in the forest with no one to
> hear it.  It is a beautiful flower that smells awful."
> 
> This was the opening quote to the introduction, taken from some
> unnamed source. 

I thought everyone knew that this was actually Mr. Spock's definition
of "logic" given in an old Star Trek episode ("I, Mudd", if memory
serves correctly).


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