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=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI 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 64D6322921 for ; Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:45:06 +0100 (CET) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A4EF4271E; Sun, 29 Dec 2024 23:45:00 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-vk1-xa36.google.com (mail-vk1-xa36.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::a36]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C4C2742711 for ; Sun, 29 Dec 2024 23:44:47 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-vk1-xa36.google.com with SMTP id 71dfb90a1353d-5161d5b8650so2495790e0c.3 for ; Sun, 29 Dec 2024 05:44:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dartmouth.edu; s=google1; t=1735479887; x=1736084687; darn=tuhs.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=jzeeNcZy5VshEV5Cj7gJIvwDxevFcPDL6OMzzLTDZSU=; b=JW+5mOdPlwjt5Wmymoj/eBkuxt1mu2pgLZVqxDGNU1epzN7runKRIl+sSUtnX1nRst NwcsrDIuOqjFXry3o/2zXPsPrdbI5LEoen7Mvr2mlsndNCMeLjG/OgE2HWBEgzb9BJ/E ygjgtJdusv6GV4RBX9L4pnXE2mpxrgmeldbKSfxph3Yy7sc0EFRxVazY4yc37x/uWo/I 0ZQBGFcxXeiH7X5Ws0gu2ocr1gW+4DlGPQ5dSAjWf5TDB8gcicw8khMdilfc3uZCHqlX J/YpjbMkaNv9DK4M/bznOHnUDovEEdkOilYn/1as0Hg4LnNPn3DxSnKZ4+/JGCrz7kNn h1OQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1735479887; x=1736084687; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=jzeeNcZy5VshEV5Cj7gJIvwDxevFcPDL6OMzzLTDZSU=; b=ZA/+gesJPh1FHh197oYKYBvNnWlyPoIibuOEy7bjWu95gOb9oxLPBwdYdsyfx5gboA JlZpeo+pLTxJSqhc3/AjUVhgVcIOsP0L9XlckGG4nggJ2VUuK8FN2JphzD2qNG3JbClE YWKWZ5Q/b3MfslVcqI52ioW4q+5quVp83nWenltFHxo7b9M8lUO5tLF+8ZQiOOj9B6tf 2mr7edosr8OiKexUW8qkLD31gxiUUW0n7zJG8xxkkQcvyFR0xQWHJLnkY+u3zNpJ1Rss igYnRt3Oc7Mkb8HVwf9YLHKDG1Tp9PT1P9at4xpgxaZBdw/+Tpml1PzP3FJa8f3GG7GN Be0A== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YydaGHqVMCs+g+SEirxugPJSD2lnjASeqatBhd41B+ah5bPohnj Ncg98KpIBLekZ9ejC1Rf9fbd0fz0DHWy8TZkLYAmytFQY/0cpFpubYCAhM2ItqaVZdHVA+B4gI5 SZRmnpG3a5LGuV70oiBMO43LEQgX0Ao7vx78qbFHo5RdIP7q8 X-Gm-Gg: ASbGncvX3d4ac7VD1yi71Nyp7jn9oxVNNdUa7WDhQGWPPFFijYCUtiHp5+Hj3RRAWlC FWJ/GcIs07tEAagM1ozjad7l5mLBqMlSn2FRdcA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IGgEEXhH7aHRpFB8EBsZXDYmKJFDDaJGfHzXlNFSscwMY0o65UTLpJoo90mGaib17ZZZqcX2Px6UafOCmltMSw= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6102:f0a:b0:4b2:af6e:603d with SMTP id ada2fe7eead31-4b2cc3584e9mr25855601137.7.1735479886845; Sun, 29 Dec 2024 05:44:46 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Douglas McIlroy Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 08:44:31 -0500 Message-ID: To: Royce Williams Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID-Hash: DMQUJYNWR5OJFDKS3DKRL3FREIJEQUNO X-Message-ID-Hash: DMQUJYNWR5OJFDKS3DKRL3FREIJEQUNO X-MailFrom: douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: TUHS X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: "Webster's Second on the Head of a Pin"? List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: I can supply a copy if no one else has beaten me to it. Ron Hardin subsequently pushed the limit even further. Unfortunately, I do not have a record of that work. Doug On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 9:54=E2=80=AFPM Royce Williams wrote: > > Someone I know is seeking the original version of an internal Bell Labs m= emo 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. A= ny leads appreciated! > > -- > Royce