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Jan-Jaap

Under the header "Architecture of a Hybir Backup" you write: 'Giving you piece of mind...'. Please change it to read 'peace of mind'.

Actually, re-reading the page, you might want to get someone to give the whole page a once-over. There are quite a few improvements to make...

Apart from that, good luck!

Re:Tell HN: Wolfram Alpha preview goes live on Saturday May 09, 2009 @05:11AM (#600857)
No. I'm currently implementing a VM, and was wondering whether there's any point in inlining strings <= 3 chars in machine words. Knowing what percentage of strings is <= 3 chars would tell me whether that's a worthwhile optimization.
Re:Tell HN: Wolfram Alpha preview goes live on Friday May 08, 2009 @07:24PM (#600455)
I was wondering today what the average/median string length is in programming. Google hadn't a clue. I'm curious if Wolfram does have an answer.