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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 Joy

But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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Generally Spelling Mistake Trouble
You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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Life Management Positive Technology
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
The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Computing Definitions Standards
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
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
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
I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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Levels Thinking Wonderful
Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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Looks Underwear Want
Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
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Competition Nice Program
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
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
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Responsibility Taking Responsibility
Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac and nobody cares about it.
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Care Running Today

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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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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