From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 08:45:56 +0100
From: forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk
Subject: [9fans] dict
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>>How are the dictionaries formated anyway?

each has its own.  dict uses a common index format (built using rc, awk and C)
but a different access routine (if a common interface) for each dictionary.