I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
BILL JOYThe next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
More Bill Joy Quotes
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The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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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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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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You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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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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I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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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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I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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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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The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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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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Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac and nobody cares about it.
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