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From: wcs@ho95e.UUCP (#Bill_Stewart)
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Subject: Re: You can do anything in (state your favorite word processor)
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Date: Fri, 15-Aug-86 23:06:27 EDT
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In article <158@tcdmath.UUCP> jaymin@tcdmath.UUCP (Joe Jaquinta) writes:
>
>We've seen sorting in nroff, prime number generation in TeX, does
>anybody know if anyone has written an operating system in a word
>processing language yet?

TECO?

Actually, you can write EMACS as TECO macros, and LISP in EMACS; you
could then write your OS in LISP.  It'd be slow as a dog, but you could
probably do a TECO-machine in firmware?
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# Bill Stewart, AT&T Bell Labs 2G-202, Holmdel NJ 1-201-949-0705 ihnp4!ho95c!wcs