Emacs was released in 1985. That's 36 years ago. Half of that is 18. What am I missing?
In fact, Emacs was first implemented as a plugin (a set of macros in the language of the time) for a now forgotten editor called Teco, which was one of the first, if not the first, programmable editor ever.
What do you use these days?
[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.
Gosh, "old timer" :(
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 :)
Sounds like the culture in the CMU CS department was pretty great.
Thank you for sharing this historical gem with us.
Why fix what ain't broke? /s