brink@SUSHI.STANFORD.EDU (Ed Brink) (05/22/87)
Inspired by the research presented to me this morning, I decided to put Word Proof (version 1) to the Jabberwocky test. I used a slightly different decision rule: I picked the first suggestion that scanned, or if none did, the one that came closest. Word Proof appears to know more words than PCWrite, which does not surprise me a bit. WP is primarily a spelling checker; PCWrite does it as sideline. Anyhow, here goes: Jabberers 'Twangs brailling, and the slithery totes Did gore and gamble in the wake: All misty were the broodiest, And the mole wraths outraged. "Beware the Jabberer, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jumbo bird, and shun The furious Balderdash!" He took his vernal sword in hand: Long time the mangoes foe he sought - So rested he by the Tumult tree, And stood awhile in thought. And, as in unfit thought he stood, The Jabberer, with eyes of flame, Came whiffing through the turkey wood, And burbled as it came! One, two! One, two! And through and through The vernal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galloping back. "And hats thou slain the Jabberer? Come to my arms, my bearish boy! O fractious day! Callow! Calmly!" He chortled in his joy. 'Twangs brailling, and the slithery totes Did gore and gamble in the wake: All misty were the broodiest, And the mole wraths outraged. ..Ed ------- -------