Comment on Data Structures for Text Sequences (1998) [pdf]Comments−cjensen11yIs the typo in the first sentence (the letters in "to" are reversed) a joking reference to the the topic "text SEQUENCE"?−gavinpc11yGood question. It was asked (but never answered) last time this was posted:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8828207Personally, I think it must be a joke. Besides the fact that it would have been noticed and corrected by now, it's just not a "typo" kind of error (i.e. a common transposition).
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Is the typo in the first sentence (the letters in "to" are reversed) a joking reference to the the topic "text SEQUENCE"?
Good question. It was asked (but never answered) last time this was posted:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8828207
Personally, I think it must be a joke. Besides the fact that it would have been noticed and corrected by now, it's just not a "typo" kind of error (i.e. a common transposition).