Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!pyramid!oliveb!sun!plaid!chuq From: chuq@plaid.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop Subject: Hy-phen-a-tion dic-tion-ary Message-ID: <20583@sun.uucp> Date: Mon, 8-Jun-87 12:20:35 EDT Article-I.D.: sun.20583 Posted: Mon Jun 8 12:20:35 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jun-87 00:57:32 EDT Sender: news@sun.uucp Distribution: comp Lines: 19 Approved: desktop-request%plaid@sun.com Date: Fri, 5 Jun 87 19:12:35 PDT From: dick@ccb.ucsf.edu (Dick Karpinski) Yep, storing the dictionary is the heart of the problem. There is a guy at Stanford who did his thesis on the subject. I forget his name but his thesis is published, so people at Stanford should be able to locate it. I'd wager that there is available software to demonstrate his thesis. He found some pretty neat ways to compress the dictionary. Dick Karpinski ---------------------------------------- Submissions to: desktop%plaid@sun.com -OR- sun!plaid!desktop Administrivia to: desktop-request%plaid@sun.com -OR- sun!plaid!desktop-request Paths: {ihnp4,decwrl,hplabs,seismo,ucbvax}!sun Chuq Von Rospach chuq@sun.COM Delphi: CHUQ Now, where did my ex-wife put my Fairy Dust?