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The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.

Bill Joy

The problem is that those few programmers who crank out code aren’t interested in maintaining it.
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Code Crank Maintaining Out Programmers
That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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Domain Doom Fate
I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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Editors Interesting Thinking
Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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Responsibility Technology Today
Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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Dots Lasers Media
A bomb is blown up only once-but one bot can become many, and quickly get out of control.
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Bombs Control Quickly
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
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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Program Prove Sugar
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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Common Sense Desire Knowledge
We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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Teamwork Trying Want
Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Management Matter People
What’s your personal computer, anyways? Your personal computer should be something that’s always on your person.
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Computer Should Technology
Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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Looks Underwear Want
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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Couple People Writing
But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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Generally Spelling Mistake Trouble
I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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Keyboard Keys Wish

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