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

Bill Joy

I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.
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Editors People Tired
I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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Like Loses Window
I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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Community Editor Thinking
Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Management Matter People
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
I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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Levels Thinking Wonderful
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Responsibility Taking Responsibility
I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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Editors Interesting Thinking
Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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Done Littles Way
A bomb is blown up only once-but one bot can become many, and quickly get out of control.
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Bombs Control Quickly
The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Computing Definitions Standards
We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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Teamwork Trying Want
You can’t prove anything about a program written in C or FORTRAN. It’s really just Peek and Poke with some syntactic sugar.
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Program Prove Sugar
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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Common Sense Desire Knowledge
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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Life Management Positive Technology

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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