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 JOYWe have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
More Bill Joy Quotes
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Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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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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Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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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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I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.
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Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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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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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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A bomb is blown up only once-but one bot can become many, and quickly get out of control.
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