Matrix op speaks. Computer programmers needed to build matri x

ruby-talk
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One of my first ruby programs… unit tests available to anyone who cares!

class Prefix

attr_accessor :words

def initialize words
	@words = words
end	

def push word
	shifted = @words.clone
	shifted.shift
	shifted << word
	
	Prefix.new shifted
end

def [] index
	@words[ index ]
end

def == prefix
	return @words == prefix.words
end

def eql? other
	return self == other
end

def hash
	return @words.hash
end

end

class Suffix

def initialize
	@words = Hash.new 0
end

def add word
	@words[ word ] += 1
end

def frequency word
	@words[ word ]
end

def next_word
	
	wordlist = [ ]
	@words.each { |word,freq|
		freq.times{ wordlist << word }
	}
	index = rand wordlist.size
	return wordlist[ index ]
	
end

end

class Markov
def initialize data , prefix = (Prefix.new [nil,nil])

	@suffixes = Hash.new
	
	data.each_line { |line|
		line.split( / / ).each{ |word| 
			
			suffix = @suffixes[ prefix ]
			
			if nil == suffix
				suffix = Suffix.new
				@suffixes[ prefix ] = suffix
			end

			suffix.add word
			prefix = prefix.push word
		}
	}
	
end

def suffixes prefix
	@suffixes[ prefix ]
end

def chain prefix = (Prefix.new [nil,nil])
	while nil != ( suff = suffixes prefix )
		word = suff.next_word
		print " #{word}"
		prefix = prefix.push word
	end
end

end

if nil != ARGV[0]
( Markov.new ARGF.read ).chain
else
puts <<END
Usage : markov.rb
END
end

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-----Original Message-----
From: Lyle Johnson [mailto:lyle@users.sourceforge.net]
Sent: 26 February 2003 15:36
To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
Subject: Re: Matrix op speaks. Computer programmers needed to
build matrix.

Matrix Four wrote:

It is certainly to your benefit to free the time needed to
read this
article entirely. Please post it to as many newsgroups as you can.

OK, overwhelming curiosity compelled me to go their website
(http://matrixfour.com). Matrix Four Ltd. appears to be a legitimate
business, a graphic design studio. Perhaps the sender address
was spoofed.

What I was really wondering was if anyone tell if this was
generated by
one of those programs (sorta like chat-bots) that can analyze
texts and
then generate random text that mimics the style of the
original? Or did
some deranged person really came up with all of this on his own?