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We used to joke about EMACS being Eight Megs And Constantly Swapping
We still do, but now it has more of a Dr. Evil vibe. “Eight million bytes.”
lol. The communities were a bit more close knit with editors back then, so you couldn't avoid hearing such things. Nowadays there are so many choices that I hadn't heard the joke in a long time.
I'm glad that it still exists