[2720] in SIPB bug reports
webster
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan I. Kamens)
Thu Apr 16 12:12:19 1992
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 12:10:53 -0400
From: "Jonathan I. Kamens" <jik@pit-manager.MIT.EDU>
To: arit@Athena.MIT.EDU
Cc: bug-sipb@Athena.MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Ari Trachtenberg's message of Tue, 14 Apr 92 16:12:33 EDT <9204142012.AA20255@m16-034-14.MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 92 16:12:33 EDT
From: Ari Trachtenberg <arit@Athena.MIT.EDU>
The webster data under the word "begin" lists a word "stiart" which does
not exist. The word should probably be "start."
Fixed.
Also, I'd like to point out that it shouldn't be too hard to simply
scan throught the WEBSTER data for CAPITALIZED words and compiled this
into an excellent thesaurus that is much better than the current one.
You want to do it? Before you answer, take a look at the format of
the database files (in /afs/athena/project/webster).
Seriously, we are in the process of acquiring a much better thesaurus
(it's actually a real thesaurus, rather than just a list of words) and
beta-testing software for doing lookups in it. This thesaurus will
eventually be made available by us in the sipb locker.
--> Jonathan Kamens
IS/Athena Quality Assurance and User Consulting
Member, Student Information Processing Board (SIPB)
jik@Athena.MIT.EDU
