From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 22447 invoked from network); 16 Feb 2022 21:01:41 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 16 Feb 2022 21:01:41 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 9CF3D9D046; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 07:01:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 598AA9D035; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 07:00:48 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="ipNxfyKV"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id AD6A59D036; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 06:55:56 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-yb1-f169.google.com (mail-yb1-f169.google.com [209.85.219.169]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9BA949D035 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 06:55:55 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-yb1-f169.google.com with SMTP id e140so8704276ybh.9 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2022 12:55:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=frZKC3XbmsCbMk0Yhwliv7QXQjgHo+SX6eF7jiN8pws=; b=ipNxfyKV+Dy1Fp0M5AMB+HxgGtJNi4rZfiDwvxCF4QN/zheFR3dJg/Ldpt27uRHVmJ AzD5enKotqCVbgJG66Fgz57W+XPMaU4Z6xXPKB3OMIzacVUYvWb/Re0ENAmwwydOlVkB EWtGvQHVznz083iiuXu9w++VuZ7SuvEqaioyqF3B6KTCSAvAmeLT3lxQOnBo3f4QL3dD MHx1AyMLWnN3JunFe+1DKs7wkTa71rKIwoeZPB9miWAh3R4ejiuBgsiSF/Z96FvUviw7 PUafv4JWS3wQdanKVTG3FNLfgJbOOCY85r60QCtFmpjsKh4DI+E1Y2TYaoF1IgQkRLjs 209Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=frZKC3XbmsCbMk0Yhwliv7QXQjgHo+SX6eF7jiN8pws=; b=rCUzUZBjkM9o90lVBnD1GDptCbx1MdkXYm5ANanMTJXlbofptrYnuYBiqCSD5EJWUw YpMGaqcRMNwSK3rColbx4YXNpLiPxebFT/z/KhKOWc8fM9zL9HxeT7qgcSWP0JXwZcqK VdqMSLD/mfcpXfEoPcDfJCxy6LaZlVJiiirmWeZu5g1Ue7RNunAHQx4TuwS6mfvhrwfk OfoY8pqori2IIhVLsUYNgyuKR+/y2icyst2ohRK/FeFY0P+ZPpLSjhymXA/9nG4Lc+VY tNkeZoR1DkN5DtAdL0Hr6lHycxSC3aF9QC5EVYwooFV24zwIGZKGHzV5amXldhxBDzkk YcdA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5318ggSzO4pepUAsDJZ2m+I6vR7VdRoww6hVbr9pb3aNH4vCYD0M E1mAm/gc7aUGrXY8gNE4q2h8BzsVkqOqjHpRfOE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxDPWqN8OyV/rP53bjgl9M0cOV7aa3zByTl7ez7bwvmUFZLt5T54XoYa48sEzEfXhSnMo9WMFHwKkuYwDVcRQk= X-Received: by 2002:a25:c60d:0:b0:61d:8c7b:fa2 with SMTP id k13-20020a25c60d000000b0061d8c7b0fa2mr4029873ybf.722.1645044954568; Wed, 16 Feb 2022 12:55:54 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <904976bf-1673-3888-504c-4eec5468648d@aueb.gr> In-Reply-To: <904976bf-1673-3888-504c-4eec5468648d@aueb.gr> From: "John P. Linderman" Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 15:55:43 -0500 Message-ID: To: Diomidis Spinellis Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000281c0505d828e003" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Lorinda Cherry X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: TUHS main list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --000000000000281c0505d828e003 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Someone unearthed a 1982 video in which Lorinda explains some of her work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvDZLjaCJuw&t=828s You can watch the whole thing by just lopping off the '&t=828s' at the end. On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 2:18 PM Diomidis Spinellis wrote: > A description of text processing work at Bell Labs, including the use of > trigrams for spell checking, readability analysis, and word class > assignment was published in the BSTJ. > > L. E. McMahon; L. L. Cherry; R. Morris. Statistical text processing. The > Bell System Technical Journal, 57(6):2137-2154, July-Aug. 1978. > DOI: 10.1002/j.1538-7305.1978.tb02146.x > > You can find it openly available online at: > https://archive.org/details/bstj57-6-2137/mode/2up > > The article was part of an amazing special issue of BSTJ devoted to > Unix. A second such issue, 63(8) was published on October 1984. In the > late 1980s both issues were also sold as books by Prentice Hall under > the title "UNIX System Readings and Applications". I broke the bank > buying them as a student, but didn't regret it. > > Diomidis - https://www.spinellis.gr > > On 16-Feb-22 2:09, George Michaelson wrote: > > The trigraph spelling checker sounds wonderful. > --000000000000281c0505d828e003 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Som= eone unearthed a 1982 video in which Lorinda explains some of her work.


You can watch the=C2=A0whole thing by just lopping off the '= &t=3D828s' at the end.

On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 2:18 PM Diomidi= s Spinellis <dds@aueb.gr> wrote:
A description of = text processing work at Bell Labs, including the use of
trigrams for spell checking, readability analysis, and word class
assignment was published in the BSTJ.

L. E. McMahon; L. L. Cherry; R. Morris. Statistical text processing. The Bell System Technical Journal, 57(6):2137-2154, July-Aug. 1978.
DOI: 10.1002/j.1538-7305.1978.tb02146.x

You can find it openly available online at:
https://archive.org/details/bstj57-6-2137/mode/2up=

The article was part of an amazing special issue of BSTJ devoted to
Unix.=C2=A0 A second such issue, 63(8) was published on October 1984.=C2=A0= In the
late 1980s both issues were also sold as books by Prentice Hall under
the title "UNIX System Readings and Applications".=C2=A0 I broke = the bank
buying them as a student, but didn't regret it.

Diomidis - https://www.spinellis.gr

On 16-Feb-22 2:09, George Michaelson wrote:
> The trigraph spelling checker sounds wonderful.
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