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Re:String Algorithms in Lisp by tonyg on Sunday December 08, 2019 @05:08AM (#21735181)
It's truly wonderful that there are so many resources like this available these days.

Overviews like this with lots of links to other topics, with the relationships to the main topic made clear, and with little insights scattered throughout were particularly useful to me as a learner.

In the 90s, before the web really took off, stuff like this was hen's teeth. Anything you found, via BBS, Usenet, or the nascent web, you'd pore over in detail and make sure to fastidiously back up in case you never found it again.

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Re:String Algorithms in Lisp by travislane on Sunday December 08, 2019 @05:41AM (#21735268)
> In the 90s, before the web really took off, stuff like this was hen's teeth. Anything you found, via BBS, Usenet, or the nascent web, you'd pore over in detail and make sure to fastidiously back up in case you never found it again.

To be honest, backing up stuff makes sense even today. Websites do disappear. You never know when your favorite blog may disappear. There is the internet archive machine that fights link rot quite well. But it wouldn't hurt to take back ups of your favorite online articles.

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