[intrasight]

I was using Emacs in 1982, and it had been around for several years before that.

[herodoturtle]

I love it when old-timers weigh in on HN comments.

What do you use these days?

[intrasight]

Started with Gosmacs. Working in the CMU graduate terminal room with the man himself. I was just a freshman undergraduate, but a graduating student gifted a coveted X1 key to me. Mostly coveted due to the coke machine.

https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~coke/history_long.txt

[herodoturtle]

What a wonderfully entertaining read that was :)

Sounds like the culture in the CMU CS department was pretty great.

Thank you for sharing this historical gem with us.

[DyslexicAtheist]

not OP, but Emacs ofc [1]

[1] why on earth would they go through the traumatic change of reprogramming their muscle memory after so many years? it would be like a wizard that voluntarily gives their power away. like a father sacrificing his own child.

[john4532452]

Also, conversely whom Emacs is attracting these days. One interesting data point i came across is this philosophy dude protesilaos.com/ . Amazing youtube videos on Emacs and he has unique view from the point of philosopher for Emacs.

[intrasight]

Emacs of course ;)

Gosh, "old timer" :(

[herodoturtle]

Apologies for my poor choice of wording!

Here in South Africa we typically use "old-timer" to refer to someone who is very experienced.

My comment was expressed with the utmost respect I assure you :)

[intrasight]

I didn't take it as a derogatory label. My emoji was just my own self reflection on the years gone by.

[dhimes]

edlin

Why fix what ain't broke? /s