Re: mule and xjdic & names

[turnbull@example.com (Stephen J. Turnbull)]

>>>>> "Dennis" == Dennis McMurchy <denismcm@example.com> writes:

    Dennis> On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
    >> Anyway, you may be able to get that perl script from his site,
    >> which will tell you how to interface to the edict.

    Dennis>   I just had a look for Jeff Friedl's site that you
    Dennis> mentioned, but didn't find it.  (Did find some info on the
    Dennis> "edict", though) Could you provide a URL for his site?

If it isn't there, I don't know where it would be.  Omron's employee
pages were very hard to get to in early '95, and Jeff said at that
time that the policy on individual pages was in flux.  You could try a 
web search on Jeffrey Friedl, but that's the best I can think of at
the moment.

    Dennis>   I'm sceptical whether anything electronic can beat
    Dennis> thumbing through P.G. O'Neill's "Japanese Names", but I'd
    Dennis> sure like to see what the start of the art is.

Depends on what you mean by "beat".  :-)

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