Emacs turns 50

· Adafruit Industries Blog · Oct. 29, 2026, 1:49 p.m.
history Vintage Computing emacs gnu emacs development tools Text Editors software history
Summary
This blog post celebrates the 50th anniversary of Emacs, a historic text editor that evolved from TECO and remains relevant today. It highlights its origins at MIT, its development history, and its ongoing impact in the programming community.
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