From: Todd Benson <caduceass@...>
Date: 2008-01-23T06:53:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Longest Repeated Substring (#153)

On Jan 22, 2008 3:25 PM, Todd Benson <caduceass@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 22, 2008 7:06 AM, Denis Hennessy <denis@hennessynet.com> wrote:
> > On 22 Jan 2008, at 00:55, Todd Benson wrote:
> > > Side note and totally off topic...  why do people like to use two el's
> > > in "The Iliad"?
> >
> > Long version: because the capital-I looks identical to the lower case
> > L so people think they've seen two 'L's. Of course they also heard an
> > 'I' so they insert that first.
> >
> > Short version: Iggnorance.
>
> Okay, this is an ignorant reply.  I'm really sorry to the people that
> actually want to program.  Just delete this :)

I meant "this will be an ignorant reply".  It is hard to throw candor
correctly over the internet.

Has anyone figured out why my text result differs from others?
Spacing/newlines, obviously, is a factor, but I get the same result on
every machine.  But then, if you think about it, then to use something
like this, you _really_ have to trust the data.

Todd