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Computing in Chile: the jaguar of the Pacific Rim?

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R. A. Baeza-Yates,

D. A. Fuller,

J. A. Pino,

S. E. GoodmanAuthors Info & Claims

Communications of the ACM, Volume 38, Issue 9

Pages 23 - 28

https://doi.org/10.1145/223248.223254

Published: 01 September 1995 Publication History

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Sept. 1995

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DOI:10.1145/223248

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