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Re: History of incremental searching
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Barry Margolin |
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Re: History of incremental searching |
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Mon, 17 May 2004 11:28:00 -0400 |
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In article <80ca8c.pl.ln@acm.acm>, Alan Mackenzie<none@example.invalid>
wrote:
> Just out of curiosity, does anybody here know the how, when, where and by
> whom of incremental searching?
>
> When was it invented, and in which product? Did it arise first in Emacs?
> Whose idea was it?
It's been in Emacs since its original implementation on ITS at MIT, over
25 years ago. I don't know if this is where it originated, but there's
a good chance, since EMACS was one of the first visual editors.
> I think it is a truly remarkable idea, surely worthy of a p***nt (please
> excuse my language here) if any software idea is.
Well, if it were, the patent would have expired by now.
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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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