I started working for the Navy at an installation in Warminster PA. The experience with emacs David describes certainly happened on the base where I worked. The secretaries weren't told what they were doing was programming so they developed and shared their own macros and as a result of that, emacs became a legend on the base. User services knew never to disturb the emacs on the assistant technical director's computer or they would get hurt. The assistant technical director was number 3 in the hierarchy on the base's org chart. Above that position was the technical director and above the technical director was the Admiral in command of the base.
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