Cygwin vs GNU Emacs
A side-by-side look at Cygwin and GNU Emacs. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
Cygwin
Os & Utilities
Cygwin is a Linux-like environment and command-line interface for Windows. It provides functionality similar to a Linux distribution on Windows, allowing you to port software running on POSIX systems and run it natively on Windows.
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GNU Emacs
Development
GNU Emacs is a popular, open source text editor and computing environment. It runs on most operating systems and provides extensibility through an Emacs Lisp interpreter.
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