The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
BILL JOYI wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
More Bill Joy Quotes
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I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.
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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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The problem is that those few programmers who crank out code aren’t interested in maintaining it.
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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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I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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There are a couple of people in the world who can really program in C or FØRTRAN. They write more code in less time than it takes for other programmers. Most programmers aren’t that good.
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Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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And once an intelligent robot exists, it is only a small step to a robot species – to an intelligent robot that can make evolved copies of itself.
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I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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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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