I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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More Bill Joy Quotes
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Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.
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The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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The best way to do research is to make a radical assumption and then assume it’s true. For me, I use the assumption that object oriented programming is the way to go.
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I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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Although humankind inherently “desires to know”, if open access to, and unlimited development of, knowledge henceforth puts us all in clear danger of extinction, then common sense demands that we re-examine our reverence for knowledge.
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Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Given the incredible power of these new technologies, shouldn’t we be asking how we can best coexist with them? And if our own extinction is a likely, or even possible, outcome of our technological development, shouldn’t we proceed with great caution?
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I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
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You can drive a car by looking in the rear view mirror as long as nothing is ahead of you. Not enough software professionals are engaged in forward thinking.
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