In the '90s Germany's air traffic control ran on Emacs (2021)
clyfe
39 points
2 comments
March 09, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
anthk
ATC? Or the routing of the messages thru AX25? If it were the whole ATC... that's pure madness, because EMACS' GC and 'real time ATC' concepts are absolutely anthagonic.
ChrisArchitect
(2021) Some discussion then: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26202517