Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
BILL JOYThe next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
More Bill Joy Quotes
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I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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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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What’s your personal computer, anyways? Your personal computer should be something that’s always on your person.
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I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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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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You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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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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Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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And once an intelligent robot exists, it is only a small step to a robot species – to an intelligent robot that can make evolved copies of itself.
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The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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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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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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