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From: sl@9front.org
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] long paths in acme tags
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:31:41 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <186cbde623c70c2ecea5751ddae71cfd@pi.att> (raw)

>> > this was done in wily in the mid 90s, complete with an algorithm
>> > to find the shortest representation.
>>
>> What was the result? In which distribution is it available? How is
>> it used?
>
> wily was a stand-alone unix program.  iirc it relied on the frame library
> port from plan 9.

Sorry, my fault, I somehow missed "wily" in your original reply.

sl



             reply	other threads:[~2014-06-11 20:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-06-11 20:31 sl [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2014-06-11 20:11 sl
2014-06-11 20:21 ` erik quanstrom
2014-06-11 19:52 Bakul Shah
2014-06-11 20:02 ` erik quanstrom
2014-06-11 20:33 ` Aram Hăvărneanu
2014-06-11 20:37   ` erik quanstrom
2014-06-11 21:23   ` Bakul Shah
2014-06-11 21:27 ` Robert Raschke
2014-06-11 21:32   ` Bakul Shah
2014-06-11 21:56     ` erik quanstrom
2014-06-11 22:23     ` Nicolas Bercher
2014-06-12 17:44       ` Bakul Shah

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