[geeks] OED Wins! ;^)

Jonathan C. Patschke jp at celestrion.net
Wed Nov 20 23:05:00 CST 2002


On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Lionel Peterson wrote:

> "Powerful advanced searching makes it possible to build complex search
> expressions through the use of Boolean operators, case-sensitive
> searching, exact character searching, restricting searches to previous
> search results, searching in pronunciations, and an extended range of
> wildcard options"

That isn't the same as "indexed for use in your own database
applications".

> From http://www.oup-usa.org/isbn/0195218884.html

Ah, and it requires Windows.

-- 
Jonathan Patschke
  "Albert Einstein nailed space-time, but the wild thing had him stumped.
   Al, baby, two and two make five-and-a-quarter; that's why people fall
   in love." -- Thomas Dolby, "That's Why People Fall in Love"



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