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Subject: Re: pruning vs extensions vs qsearch - are these all effectively the sam

Author: David Rasmussen

Date: 12:58:29 11/27/02

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On November 27, 2002 at 14:28:17, Dave Gomboc wrote:

>
>IMO, q-search is an anachronism and should be abolished!
>

Why and why?

>People already use search reductions (negative extensions).
>

I'm sure they do. Especially commercials. But:

1. Last time I suggested it, people didn't think much of it
2. I haven't seen any public programs that uses them
3. Even if some public programs might use them, I haven't seen any systematic
and extensive use of them, like normal extensions.

/David



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