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Received: by cheltenham.cs.arizona.edu; Mon, 11 Apr 1994 11:06:18 MST
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 1994 22:28:08 -1000
From: David Bulman <dbulman@ACM.ORG>
Subject: Generate Names?
To: icon-group@cs.arizona.edu
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A friend of mine has a problem I'd like to try to solve with an
Icon program.
The problem is to generate very many unique 5 character names,
which should be pronounceable in English, but each should sound
different from all the others. I imagine that taking advantage
of the fact that a word with alternating consonants (C) and
vowels (V) is likely to be pronounceable, but probably bringing
Soundex into play would help too.
So, the problem sort of has 3 parts:
1. What makes a pronounceable name?
2. How can I tell if two names sound alike?
3. How should I attack this in Icon?
Dave
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