I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
BILL JOYI was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
More Bill Joy Quotes
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Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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There are a couple of people in the world who can really program in C or FØRTRAN. They write more code in less time than it takes for other programmers. Most programmers aren’t that good.
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I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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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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You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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Although humankind inherently “desires to know”, if open access to, and unlimited development of, knowledge henceforth puts us all in clear danger of extinction, then common sense demands that we re-examine our reverence for knowledge.
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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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Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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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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We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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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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But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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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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I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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