Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!ukc!axion!masalla.fulcrum.bt.co.uk!igb From: I.G.Batten@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Ian G Batten) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: [from comp.emacs: Imagine if you couldn't use compress any more] Message-ID: Date: 2 Aug 90 08:02:47 GMT References: <1990Jul28.061540.25261@looking.on.ca> <&F5$J3^@masalla.fulcrum.bt.co.uk> <1990Jul31.142102.8291@oracle.com> Sender: root@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Root on Masalla) Organization: BT Fulcrum, Birmingham Lines: 7 Disclaimer: Organisation given for identification purposes only nhess@gumby.us.oracle.com (Nate Hess) writes: > Well, you could always sit down, write up your new, wild'n'wooly How do I know it's new? Patent search? On EVERY piece of software I write? [[ Gee, that neat hash function looks familiar... ]] ian