Doug, do you know how much better Ziv-Lempel does? I'm guessing "a little bit"?

On Mon, Mar 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM Douglas McIlroy <douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu> wrote:
I have sent a copy to Warren for the Unix archives.

Doug

On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 9:54 PM Royce Williams <royce@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 It's cited in a few papers as "Unpublished Technical Memo, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ 1974."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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