What’s your personal computer, anyways? Your personal computer should be something that’s always on your person.
BILL JOYI got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.
More Bill Joy Quotes
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The problem is that those few programmers who crank out code aren’t interested in maintaining it.
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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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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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Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac and nobody cares about it.
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I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.
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The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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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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Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
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