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ANAGRAM.EXE is a PM program that generates anagrams from random names
or phrases that you enter. It generates the anagrams in a second
thread. It uses the small dictionary ANAGRAM.DCT, which must be in
the current directory when the program is started.
This was one of my first PM programs, written about a year and a half
ago. The anagram-generating algorithm is from a November, 1987
article in BYTE written by Mike Morton.
I came across the program again recently, and decided to post it for
people to play with. It probably has a race condition or two between
the main and background threads that may cause it to hang on rare
occasion. Also, it has trouble with long phrases (say, 35 or so
characters). Lastly, every once in awhile an anagram will be
generated that has too few characters. These are usually obvious,
and incidentally often quite funny.
Besides these bugs, I think it's a good little time-waster and well
worth downloading.
By the way, I'm not identifying myself because I would rather not get
any email about the program, and I don't plan to touch the source
code again. Also, I have a (small) reputation to protect <grin>.
Joe P.M. Programmer
September 16, 1990