GOSMACS

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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  GOSMACS /goz'maks/ n. [contraction of `Gosling EMACS'] The first
     {EMACS}-in-C implementation, predating but now largely eclipsed by
     {GNUMACS}. Originally freeware; a commercial version was modestly
     popular as `UniPress EMACS' during the 1980s. The author, James Gosling,
     went on to invent {NeWS} and the programming language Java; the latter
     earned him {demigod} status.


  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  GOSMACS
       
          /goz'maks/ Gosling Emacs.  The first {Emacs} implementation in
          {C}, predating but now largely eclipsed by {GNU} {Emacs}.
          Originally {freeware}; a commercial version is now modestly
          popular as {UniPress Emacs}.  The author (James Gosling) went
          on to invent {NeWS}.
       
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