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Emacs Philosophy

Emacs is an app platform
It’s not just for editing
You know it’s Turing complete
It can do most anything

There’s no need to write
In some sucky script
It’s got Emacs Lisp
Don’t need nothing else

Compatibility
Extensibility
And modularity
Unix philosophy

After you get your work done
Have fun and play some games
Don’t you know Emacs can do
Anything you want it to

There’s no need to write
In some sucky script
It’s got Emacs Lisp
Don’t need nothing else

Compatibility
Extensibility
And modularity
Unix philosophy

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Notes

  • I created this song for good friend Ramin Honary, taking inspiration from his Emacs fulfills the UNIX Philosophy series of articles.
  • I first tried creating lyrics using a variety of proprietary and local LLM models, but I was unhappy with all of the results and wrote the above lyrics myself. They are written for a friend, but any misrepresentations are my own fault.
  • The lyrics, © 2024 by Travis Cardwell, are licensed under CC BY 4.0. Feel free to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes, as long as credit/attribution is given.
  • The audio for all versions aside from the “heavy version” is created and owned by Suno Inc. It may be used for non-commercial purposes, subject to compliance with the Suno Terms of Service.
  • The audio for the “heavy version” is created by Udio, a service run by Uncharted Labs, Inc. It may be used for any purpose, subject to compliance with the Udio Terms of Service.
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Travis Cardwell

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