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Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.

Bill Joy

I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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Editors Interesting Thinking
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
Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Management Matter People
I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.
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Ago Editor Long Writing
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
Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
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Competition Nice Program
Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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Looks Underwear 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
I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.
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Editors People Tired
We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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Teamwork Trying Want
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
Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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Responsibility Technology Today
Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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Good Limbo Place Wells
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
We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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Ethical Issues Worry
There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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Company Outside People Smart

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