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From: "Sean Middleditch" <sean DOT middleditch AT usa DOT net>
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Two dumb (but vital) questions
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 18:35:28 -0500
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Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

Correct me if I'm wrong, but GNU is an acronym, and it SHOULD be pronounced
G-N-U.

Sean Middleditch
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AwesomePlay Productions
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ralph Proctor <ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
To: eliz AT gnu DOT org <eliz AT gnu DOT org>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 8:18 AM
Subject: Two dumb (but vital) questions


>Eli:
>
>Is GNU pronounced GEE-new or guh-NEW?
>
>MIT AI Memo 554 said EMACS is "an advanced, self-documenting, customizable,
>extensible
>real-time display editor"  What does "real-time" mean? Can you name an
>editor that is NOT
>real-time? Perhaps EDLIN? or any line editor?
>
>Technically the editing is not done until the file is saved, so how can
>even EMACS be called
>real-time?
>
>Ralph