Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
BILL JOYThe 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.
More Bill Joy Quotes
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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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We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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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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I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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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 think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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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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Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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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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Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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