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That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.

Bill Joy

We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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Teamwork Trying Want
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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Research Use Way
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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Mirrors Thinking Views
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
Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
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Competition Nice Program
I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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Keyboard Keys Wish
Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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Responsibility Technology Today
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
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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Intelligent Robots Small Steps
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
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Responsibility Taking Responsibility
I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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Community Editor Thinking
There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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Company Outside People Smart
Given the incredible power of these new technologies, shouldn’t we be asking how we can best coexist with them? And if our own extinction is a likely, or even possible, outcome of our technological development, shouldn’t we proceed with great caution?
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Asking Development Technological
That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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Domain Doom Fate
Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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Done Littles Way

That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.

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