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Subject: There are many (incompatible!) things claiming to be VAX EMACS!
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Date: Sat, 8-Oct-83 04:56:39 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct  8 04:56:39 1983
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From GEOFF5@SRI-CSL  Sat Oct  8 01:56:21 1983
The three that I have used are CCA (Zimmerman's) EMACS, CMU
(Gosling's) EMACS, and STEVE (NIL/EMACS).  CCA's costs in the
neighborhood of $850, Gosling's $1000, NIL/EMACS $100.
Gosling's stuck me as the most divergent from the original
Stallman EMACS (to the point where I gave up in frustration).
CCA's wasn't quite as clever about display optimization, but
was far more usable.  STEVE is the only "true" EMACS;
unfortunately it's missing some useful functionality.  I suspect
I'll like it more once it's finished.  Of the three, it is the
only one that is public domain (the $100 is a copying charge,
not a license fee) and I consider this a major plus.  Given
that Gosling's ersatz EMACS has a small but loyal following it
would probably be worthwhile to create a mailing list separate
from Info-VAX for people who want to brag about their latest
hacks.
					-=EPS=-
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