I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.
BILL JOYThe problem is that those few programmers who crank out code aren’t interested in maintaining it.
More Bill Joy Quotes
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I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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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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There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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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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Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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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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Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac and nobody cares about it.
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Given the incredible power of these new technologies, shouldn’t we be asking how we can best coexist with them? And if our own extinction is a likely, or even possible, outcome of our technological development, shouldn’t we proceed with great caution?
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Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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A bomb is blown up only once-but one bot can become many, and quickly get out of control.
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Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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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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Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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