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GOSMACS

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[contraction of 'Gosling EMACS']

n. The first EMACS-in-C implementation, predating but now largely eclipsed by GNUMACS. Originally freeware; a commercial version is now modestly popular as 'UniPress EMACS'. The author (James Gosling) went on to invent NeWS.