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The Most Powerful Editor Environment Available for UNIX and VAX/VMS

Oct 30, 2023
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From the June 1986 issue of Unix World magazine
From the June 1986 issue of Unix World magazine

Once again, two of the entries in this month’s poll received a single vote each. In an effort to make a truly random choice between Commodore 128 and CCA EMACS, I asked my brother to pick a number between 1 and 100. (My idea was that if he picked between 1 and 50, I’d do Commodore and if he picked 51 to 100, I’d write about CCA EMACS.) He picked 99. (He had no idea why I asked.) So, if you are unhappy about this month’s choice, please address all your complaints to Michael.

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