loosemor@esunix.UUCP (Sandra Loosemore) (06/21/87)
I recently dug up a scrabble implementation for VAX/VMS that I think
originally came off a DECUS games tape a few years ago (it calls itself "P?S
SCRABBLE"). This thing really plays a mean game!! I got to thinking
about what kind of algorithm it uses -- besides having a huge vocabulary,
it's also quite speedy, so I suspect that it must be doing some kind of
hashing or preprocessing on the dictionary instead of just a brute force
search. Is there any literature on heuristics for scrabble? Better yet,
does anybody know of a PD scrabble game I could get source code for?
-Sandra Loosemore
{decwrl, utah-gr!uplherc}!esunix!loosemorbruce@dolqci.UUCP (Bruce Limber) (06/23/87)
In article <370@esunix.UUCP> loosemor@esunix.UUCP (Sandra Loosemore) writes: >I recently dug up a scrabble implementation . . . huge vocabulary, . . . >quite speedy, . . . must be doing some kind of hashing or preprocessing >on the dictionary . . .. Is there any literature on heuristics for scrabble? >. . . PD scrabble . . . source code? A fascinating thought: I've always thought that the semi-ultimate computer program would be one to generate newspaper-grade crossword puzzles. Please post your findings! Best, -- Bruce Limber (seismo!dolqci!bruce) The opinions I have expressed above are shared by my boss, my employer, the federal government, and all right-thinking people everywhere. (I'm more humble than you are!)