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[kclark at cabletron.com (Kevin D. Clark)]

Charles C. Bennett, Jr. writes:

> Emacs is also a pun on Emack & Bolio's, a local vendor of premium ice
> cream.  See Also: Mix-Ins for multiple inheritance in Lisp.

One of the AI koans:

: A cocky novice once said to Stallman: "I can guess why the editor is
: called Emacs, but why is the justifier called Bolio?". Stallman
: replied forcefully, "Names are but names, `Emac & Bolio's` is the name
: of a confectionary shop in Boston-town. Neither of these men had
: anything to do with the software."
: 
: His question answered, yet unanswered, the novice turned to go, but
: Stallman called to him, "Neither Emac or Bolio had anything to do with
: the ice cream shop, either."
: 
: Yes, you guested it, an ice cream koan.

--kevin
-- 
If you have some ice cream, I will give it to you.
If you have no ice cream, I will take it away from you.

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