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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.

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