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Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.

Bill Joy

I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.
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Ago Editor Long Writing
We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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Teamwork Trying Want
Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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Dots Lasers Media
I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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Knows Surprise System
Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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Responsibility Technology Today
Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
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Competition Nice Program
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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Couple People Writing
The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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Responsive System Want
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
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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Mirrors Thinking Views
Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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Lot Sophisticated Systems
I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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Editors Interesting Thinking
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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Intelligent Robots Small Steps
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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Research Use Way
Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Management Matter People
We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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Ethical Issues Worry

Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.

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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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