Re: A modern-mode?

[Lars Brinkhoff]

Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
>      > Maybe call this Bolios; in homage to Emack and Bolios from
>      > which the name Emacs comes from.
>
>    The name "Emacs" has nothing to do with that store.  
>
> Sorry, the joke/pun/whatever to call it was far to subtle -- modern
> has nothing to do with modern, and Emacks and Bolio had nothing to do
> with Emacs.

This exchange is almost like the original AI koan:

| 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, 'Emack & Bolio's'
| is the name of a popular ice cream 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 Emack nor Bolio had anything to do
| with the ice cream shop, either."