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jmartin@cs.ucla.edu (Jay Martin) wrote:

>Interesting, but come to think about it where are the recognized
>"masterworks" of software?  
>
>Jay

Hard to tell what's on the inside, but here are three nominations based on
usefulness and usability:

Quicken
GNU-Emacs
The TENEX operating system

Obviously I spend a lot more time writing software than running it.