GOSMACS


Meaning of GOSMACS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ /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.

Jargon File English vocabulary.      Английский словарь жаргона.