# Emacs is Superman

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/emacs-is-superman/9676>\
**Category:** Code Editors\
**Tags:** emacs, in-the-news\
**Created:** [17 May 2021 21:49 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/emacs-is-superman/9676 "2021-05-17T21:49:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [17 May 2021 21:49 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/emacs-is-superman/9676/1 "2021-05-17T21:49:41Z")

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> Once, there was a civilization (the Lisp Machine world) a lot like ours, but more advanced, with greater powers (like symbolic computation, automated learning, and LISP).  
> Then, in one tragic moment (er, decade - the 1980’s), it was destroyed.  
> But because of the wisdom of Jor-El (Stall-Man), because he realized that the human race had the capacity for good, he sent us his only son (editor).  
> His name is Kal-El (elisp). He will call himself Clark Kent (Editor MACroS), but the world will know him as… Superman (Emacs).

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