I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
BILL JOYI wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
More Bill Joy Quotes
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Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about 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 one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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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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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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There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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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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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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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 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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But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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