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1. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003)

GOSMACS
 /goz'maks/, n.

    [contraction of ?Gosling EMACS?] The first EMACS-in-C implementation,
    predating but now largely eclipsed by GNUMACS. Originally freeware; a
    commercial version was modestly popular as ?UniPress EMACS? during the
    1980s. The author, James Gosling, went on to invent NeWS and the
    programming language Java; the latter earned him demigod status.

2. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)

GOSMACS

   /goz'maks/ Gosling Emacs.  The first Emacs implementation in
   C, predating but now largely eclipsed by GNU Emacs.
   Originally freeware; a commercial version is now modestly
   popular as UniPress Emacs.  The author (James Gosling) went
   on to invent NeWS.

   [Jargon File]

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