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From: morrison@cs.ubc.ca (Rick Morrison)
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Subject: Bug in Webster
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Date: 31 Aug 90 17:57:12 GMT
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I have found a bug in the otherwise solid Webster application.

The NeXTStep interface appears to have chosen too small a maximum word-length.
Try defining "cathedralcoftheimmaculateconception". The word is there,
as evidenced by the prompt to correct the spelling. Moreover, the
definition can actually be retrieved in the tty interface to Webster.

Thanks are due to Richard O'Keefe of comp.lang.prolog, who used the
word cathedralgic in a recent posting. I naturally
brought up my Webster window in search of enlightenment. Cathedralgic
is not defined in Webster but the above word apparently looked pretty
close. By the way, cathedralcoftheimmaculateconception is a US college
in Douglaston, N.Y. I have yet to find reference to cathedralgic in
any of the hard-copy dictionaries we have in the Department.

On a side-note, I think the decision to bundle Webster was
one of NeXT's best. Before I began spending my days in front of a Cube 
I would never have bothered with this entire exercise. Now, I use Webster
at least once a day.
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