I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor. Bill Joy baseeditorinterest Change image and share on social
That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can't extend its domain. Bill Joy domaindoomextend Change image and share on social
I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated. Bill Joy complaincomplicateeditor Change image and share on social
I had almost rewritten all of the display code for windows, and that was when I gave up. Bill Joy codedisplaygive Change image and share on social
I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too. Bill Joy levelmultipleundo Change image and share on social
The reason I use ed is that I don't want to lose what's on the screen. Bill Joy losereasonscreen Change image and share on social
Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated. Bill Joy lotsophisticatesystem Change image and share on social
Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that. Bill Joy competitionexpectinterleaf Change image and share on social
I think the hard thing about all these tools is that it takes a fair amount of effort to become proficient. Bill Joy amounteffortfair Change image and share on social
I think it killed the performance on a lot of the systems in the Labs for years because everyone had their own copy of it, but it wasn't being shared, and so they wasted huge amounts of memory back when memory was expensive. Bill Joy amountbackcopy share on social
