I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
BILL JOYToday scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
More Bill Joy Quotes
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Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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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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You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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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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Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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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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That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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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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What’s your personal computer, anyways? Your personal computer should be something that’s always on your person.
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