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echo: public_domain
to: rowan crowe
from: David Drummond
date: 1995-08-10 06:47:28
subject: Aka-matching?

rowan, at 22:17 on Aug 07 1995, you wrote ...

DD>> I captured some soundex code in a message once, haven't 
DD>> used it though . .  now where did I put that? . . .

DD>> PROGRAM SDX;
DD>> { A Soundex Routine for Turbo PASCAL - per David Sarkozi's 
DD>> (or, good old D1300 S6220 as we soundex freaks know him 
DD>> by....) post regarding
DD>> same.

DD>>   This is Public Domain Code.

DD>>   This code accurately produces the same answers as his 
DD>> manual examples. }

rc> I compiled this.

rc> What the fuck is Soundex?

Soundex is some algorithm that determines whether one word sounds like
another by calculating a number for each word.  The closer the numbers, the
closer they sound (I think).

rc> I got bored so then I compiled it as a full blown DPMI 
rc> executable. Overkill, but more interesting. ;-)

sheep not in a playful mood?

David
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