[TUHS] "Webster's Second on the Head of a Pin"?

Douglas McIlroy douglas.mcilroy at dartmouth.edu
Sun Dec 29 23:44:31 AEST 2024


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 PM Royce Williams <royce at techsolvency.com> wrote:
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> 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 It's cited in a few papers as "Unpublished Technical Memo, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ 1974."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!
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> Royce


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