Bill Joy Quotes - Page 2

I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.

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. The problem is that those few programmers who crank out code aren't interested in maintaining it.

I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.

What's your personal computer, anyways? Your personal computer should be something that's always on your person.

I think Unix is a great system - especially for running data centers - because it is very mature, very reliable, very scalable. But when I want to go out and populate small devices, I think Java.

The reason I use ed is that I don't want to lose what's on the screen.

Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.

Not all smart people work at Sun Microsystems.

I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn't know it was in System V.

It is formatted, and I'm tired of using vi. I get really bored.

You can't prove anything about a program written in C or FØRTRAN. It's really just Peek and Poke with some syntactic sugar.

The standard definition of AI is that which we don't understand.

Document preparation systems will also require large screen displays.

The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.

I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.

I just don't like to lose what's in the window.

We can't simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.

I think the Macintosh proves that everyone can have a bitmapped display.

I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.

Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.

But no, I don't generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.

Well, limbo is not a good place to be.