[net.lang] CROSSWORD PUZZLE REQUEST REPOST

jdf@ptsfd.UUCP (Jack Fine) (04/02/86)

I posted an article about two weeks ago asking if anyone had or knew of a 
public domain program for building crossword puzzles.  It would work something
like this.  I would feed it words and definitions and it would build the 
necessary structure and format it for printing.  If it can do more so much the
better.  

I am reposting because I came up empty handed and thought I would try again.  I
would also like to mention that I had many many people send me email asking for
a copy of it when I found one.  Since so many people are interested in it 
if you do have one or know of one could you post the info (source) to the
Net please?

Thank You

Jack

mazlack@ernie.berkeley.edu (Lawrence J. Mazlack) (04/03/86)

>
>I posted an article about two weeks ago asking if anyone had or knew of a 
>public domain program for building crossword puzzles.  It would work something
>like this.  I would feed it words and definitions and it would build the 
>necessary structure and format it for printing.  If it can do more so much the
>better.  
>
>I am reposting because I came up empty handed and thought I would try again.  I
>would also like to mention that I had many many people send me email asking for
>a copy of it when I found one.  Since so many people are interested in it 
>if you do have one or know of one could you post the info (source) to the
>Net please?
>

I did something along these lines as a research project awhile ago.  The problem
is not simple. My source is not available (it is sitting on tape, 1500 mi away).
I would love to see what someone else might have done.

Larry Mazlack
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emjej@uokvax.UUCP (04/08/86)

Look at Charles Wetherell's lovely book *Etudes for Programmers*, which has
a chapter on the subject, as well as a reference to a CACM paper (I think)
by a fellow named Lawrence Mazlack on generating crossword puzzles.

						James Jones