Bill Joy

So Chuck and I looked at that and we hacked on em for a while, and eventually we ripped the stuff out of em and put some of it into what was then called en, which was really ed with some em features. ↗

— Bill Joy

#chuck #ed #eventually #features #hacked

Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated. ↗

— Bill Joy

#going #lot #more #sophisticated #systems

That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can't extend its domain. ↗

— Bill Joy

#doom #extend #lack #probably #ultimately

The fundamental problem with vi is that it doesn't have a mouse and therefore you've got all these commands. ↗

— Bill Joy

#fundamental #fundamental problem #got #mouse #problem

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

— Bill Joy

#responsive #system #want #you

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

— Bill Joy

#i #lose #reason #screen #use

Well, limbo is not a good place to be. ↗

— Bill Joy

#good place #limbo #place #well