From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,URIBL_SBL_A autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:146::1]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5BD421DAC for ; Mon, 30 Dec 2024 22:14:13 +0100 (CET) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 792B24267C; Tue, 31 Dec 2024 07:14:09 +1000 (AEST) Received: from pasta.tip.net.au (pasta.tip.net.au [IPv6:2401:fc00:0:129::2]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5345A42679; Tue, 31 Dec 2024 07:13:54 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtpclient.apple (ppp121-45-196-241.cbr-trn-nor-bras38.tpg.internode.on.net [121.45.196.241]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailhost.tip.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4YMTNv5Tkkz9RYv; Tue, 31 Dec 2024 08:13:50 +1100 (AEDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3774.600.62\)) From: sjenkin@canb.auug.org.au In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 08:13:39 +1100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <6C136D3A-2841-40C6-A49E-FCD8A03AB537@canb.auug.org.au> References: To: TUHS X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3774.600.62) Message-ID-Hash: XMAX2JANTT4C2DZK4CGIQN6XP3JPLWCA X-Message-ID-Hash: XMAX2JANTT4C2DZK4CGIQN6XP3JPLWCA X-MailFrom: sjenkin@canb.auug.org.au X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: Computer Old Farts Followers X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [COFF] Re: [TUHS] "Webster's Second on the Head of a Pin"? List-Id: Computer Old Farts Forum Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Not dissimilar work at AT&T Research ~2000 - compressing fixed-length = records, better than gzip, +30% for similar compute time. =E2=80=98pzip=E2=80=99 - Adam Bushman & Glen Fowler = Later work by others, building on =E2=80=98pzip=E2=80=99 ,claims = =E2=80=98100x=E2=80=99. > On 30 Dec 2024, at 00:44, Douglas McIlroy = wrote: >=20 > I can supply a copy if no one else has beaten me to it. >=20 > Ron Hardin subsequently pushed the limit even further. Unfortunately, > I do not have a record of that work. >=20 > Doug >=20 > On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 9:54=E2=80=AFPM Royce Williams = wrote: >>=20 >> Someone I know is seeking the original version of an internal Bell = Labs memo from 1974 titled "Webster's Second on the Head of a Pin" by = Morris and Thompson. The topic appears to be related to improving the = speed of lookups or search. It's cited in a few papers as "Unpublished = Technical Memo, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ 1974." All I can find = online is citations. Any leads appreciated! >>=20 >> -- >> Royce Other links: This repository included ksh-93 sources Glen Fowlers=E2=80=99 downloads = Later AT&T Research page with Software downloads = THE AT&T AST OPENSOURCE SOFTWARE COLLECTION 2000 = Github Repo for AST - I couldn=E2=80=99t make these compile KSH93 -- Steve Jenkin, IT Systems and Design=20 0412 786 915 (+61 412 786 915) PO Box 38, Kippax ACT 2615, AUSTRALIA mailto:sjenkin@canb.auug.org.au http://members.tip.net.au/~sjenkin