I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.
BILL JOYI started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.
BILL JOYYou can’t prove anything about a program written in C or FORTRAN. It’s really just Peek and Poke with some syntactic sugar.
BILL JOYMost of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
BILL JOYI wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
BILL JOYYou can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
BILL JOYSometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
BILL JOYBitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
BILL JOYI think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
BILL JOYThere are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
BILL JOYBut no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
BILL JOYThe point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
BILL JOYInterleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
BILL JOYWe can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
BILL JOYThe problem is that those few programmers who crank out code aren’t interested in maintaining it.
BILL JOYA bomb is blown up only once-but one bot can become many, and quickly get out of control.
BILL JOYToday scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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