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.
BILL JOYYou can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
More Bill Joy Quotes
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Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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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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The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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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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Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
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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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Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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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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Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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