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Aug 24, 2016 at 00:23
Telnet Song by Guy L Steele Jr: https://wonderingminstrels.blogspot.com/2004/01/telnet-song-guy-l-steele-jr.html (a poem with escape codes!)
The Wondering Minstrels: Telnet Song -- Guy L Steele, Jr

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Jun 3, 2018 at 17:12
Some interesting insights on early Emacs in these annotated emails from Guy L Steele: https://gist.github.com/lispm/8c6783be2f5a3d41b7592ba3b2c453ea The name was picked in 1976, and a number of concepts that still exist today were created! It mentions the kill ring, yanking, and even the same keybindings for them!
GLS in 2007 about the earliest EMACS development
GLS in 2007 about the earliest EMACS development
GLS in 2007 about the earliest EMACS development. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
Oct 21, 2017 at 09:40
A fun talk by Guy Steele on 'Computer Science Metanotation'—how syntax in papers has evolved but is rarely studied: https://youtu.be/dCuZkaaou0Q
Mar 31, 2017 at 23:13
Fun footnote in Cool Ideas by Guy Steele https://youtu.be/IHP7P_HlcBk (at 9:00) Scheme would have been Schemer but 6 chars fit in a machine word!