System designers who do not allow users to type far ahead o… - Andrew S. Tanenbaum

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System designers who do not allow users to type far ahead ought to be tarred and feathered, or worse yet, be forced to use their own system.

Andrew S. Tanenbaum

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About Andrew S. Tanenbaum

Andrew Stuart "Andy" Tanenbaum (born March 16, 1944) is an American computer scientist living in the Netherlands. He is best known as the author of Minix, a free Unix-like operating system for teaching purposes, and for his computer science textbooks.

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Native Name: Andrew Stuart "Andy" Tanenbaum

Alternative Names: Andrew Tanenbaum • Andy Tanenbaum • Andrew Stuart Tanenbaum

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If you just want to use the system, instead of hacking on its internals, you don't need source code.

System designers who do not allow users to type far ahead ought to be tarred and feathered, or worse yet, be forced to use their own system. - Andrew S. Tanenbaum

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