I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
BILL JOYInterleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
More Bill Joy Quotes
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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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That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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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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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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I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac and nobody cares about it.
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I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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What’s your personal computer, anyways? Your personal computer should be something that’s always on your person.
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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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I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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