By a startling coincidence, so is its arch rival Vi No lesser authority than the MIT Technology Review says that the Emacs editor has turned 50 years old. But then, it is biased — Emacs was invented in MIT AI lab. Simson Garfinkel article is simply called EMACS turns 50, but the sub heading explains why it matters more: How the MIT AI Lab text editor gave birth to the free software movement. There are multiple timelines and accounts of the origins of Emacs, and it is not a single monolithic...
