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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan I. Kamens)
Wed Dec 12 15:52:52 1990
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 90 15:52:04 -0500
From: "Jonathan I. Kamens" <jik@pit-manager.MIT.EDU>
To: skaushik@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Cc: bug-sipb@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: skaushik@ATHENA.MIT.EDU's message of Wed, 12 Dec 90 14:58:45 -0500 <9012121958.AA04139@e40-008-7.MIT.EDU>
From: skaushik@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 90 14:58:45 -0500
I was using the webster program. If I use the wild card in front of hte
word I am trying to locate, the program bombs with the message, "The
webster server has failed to answer ...." For example if I search for
*zy (i.e all words that end in zy), I don't get a reply. On the other hand
I get a response when I try to search for words ending in ck (i.e. *ck)
What is going on? Is this a bug? I am not sure.
Sort of. Don't use wildcards at the front of words; it causes a
search which takes much too long, and the webster protocol can't
handle it which is why you get that error message.
--> Jonathan Kamens
Project Athena Watchmaker and User Consultant
Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) member
jik@Athena.MIT.EDU
