I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
BILL JOYThe next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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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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That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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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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Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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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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I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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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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What’s your personal computer, anyways? Your personal computer should be something that’s always on your person.
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