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.
BILL JOYYou can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
More Bill Joy Quotes
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The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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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 started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.
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Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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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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That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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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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But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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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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