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author | Andinus <andinus@nand.sh> | 2021-01-19 21:53:16 +0530 |
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committer | Andinus <andinus@nand.sh> | 2021-01-19 21:53:16 +0530 |
commit | a5c540608c469a2797262facb766e175b932f0e2 (patch) | |
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Re-structure for CPAN upload, include a dictionary file v0.1.0
bin/octans calls lib/Octans/CLI.rakumod which has the MAIN subroutine.
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diff --git a/resources/mwords/readme.txt b/resources/mwords/readme.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a0c9761 --- /dev/null +++ b/resources/mwords/readme.txt @@ -0,0 +1,152 @@ +============================================ downloaded from archive.org + +https://web.archive.org/web/20170930060409/http://icon.shef.ac.uk/Moby/ + +<< On June 1, 1996 Grady Ward announced that the fruits of the Moby +project were being placed in the public domain: + + The Moby lexicon project is complete and has + been place into the public domain. Use, sell, + rework, excerpt and use in any way on any platform. + + Placing this material on internal or public servers is + also encouraged. The compiler is not aware of any + export restrictions so freely distribute world-wide. + + You can verify the public domain status by contacting + + Grady Ward + 3449 Martha Ct. + Arcata, CA 95521-4884 + + daedal@myrealbox.com >> + + +============================================== original readme.txt below +QUICK START + +17 May 93 + +Copy all the files on all the disks to a folder on your hard disk +(make sure you have at two (4) megabytes of free space on +your hard disk for each disk of Moby product). +Change your current directory ('CD') to that folder, +type BUILD and press (enter). +The files that are extracted may be viewed and edited by +any capable text-editor, such as Microsoft Word 5.x. + +Moby (tm) Words II Documentation Notes + +This documentation, the software and/or database are: + +Copyright (c) 1988-93, Grady Ward. All Rights Reserved. +3449 Martha Ct. +Arcata, CA 95521-4884 USA +(707) 826-7715 (voice/24-hr 7 day FAX) +grady@netcom.com + +License Agreement +This documentation, software and/or database was developed +and copyrighted by Grady Ward and is licensed, not sold, to +you on a non-exclusive, non-transferable basis. The documentation, +software and/or database and derivative works of this database +may not be copied in whole or part except for archival purposes +as provided by law. If you have purchased the commercial license, +Grady Ward explicitly grants you the limited right to create and +market data structures or knowledge bases derived this work +without further payment of a license fee, as long as the purpose +and effect of that data structure or knowledge base is other than +re-distributing that Grady Ward data structure or database. (In +other words, you can freely distribute data structures based upon +any or all of this work as long as you take reasonable care to +prevent unlicensed persons and organizations from accessing +the ASCII source.) + +Willful copyright violations are both a civil and a criminal offense [17USC500] + +Disclaimer of Warranty + +This documentation, software and/or database is sold "as is" +and without express or implied warranties as to performance +or merchantability for a particular purpose.The user is advised +to test the documentation, software and/or database thoroughly +before relying on it. The user assumes the entire risk of using +this documentation, software and/or database and any liability +of seller or manufacturer will be limited to product replacement +or refund of the license fee. + +Moby (tm) Words II for the MSDOS operating system is compressed +and distributed on two 1.4MB double-sided diskettes. After +self-extraction, the vocabulary files included with this product +are in ordinary ASCII format with CRLF (ASCII 13/10) delimiters. + +MOBY WORDS II CONTENTS + +354,984 single words +Over 354,000 single words, excluding proper names, acronyms, +or compound words and phrases. This list does not exclude archaic +words or significant variant spellings. + +256,772 compound words +Over 256,700 hyphenated or other entries containing more +than one word as well as all capitalized words and acronyms. +Phrases were considered 'common' if they or variations of them +occur in standard dictionaries or thesauruses. + +113,809 official crosswords +A list of words permitted in crossword games such as Scrabble(tm). +Compatible with the first edition of the Official Scrabble Players +Dictionary(tm). Since this list has all forms: -ing, -ed, -s, and so on +of words, it makes a good addition when building a custom spelling dictionary. + +4,160 official crosswords delta +When combined with the 113,809 crosswords file, it produces the +official crossword list compatible with the second edition of the +Official Scrabble Players Dictionary. (Scrabble is a registered +trademark of Milton-Bradley licensed to Merriam-Webster.) + +74,550 common dictionary words +A list of words in common with two or more published dictionaries. +This gives the developer of a custom spelling checker a good beginning +pool of relatively common words. + +21,986 names +This database contains the most common names used in the +United States and Great Britain. Spelling checkers may want to +supplement their basic word list with this one. + +4,946 female names +frequent given names of females in English speaking countries + +3,897 male names +frequent given names of males in English speaking countries + +10,196 places +a large selection of place names in the United States + +1,000 by frequency +This file consists of the 1,000 most frequently used +English words from a wide variety of common texts listed +in decreasing order of frequency + +1,000 by frequency internet +This file consists of the 1,000 most frequently used +English words as used on the Internet computer network in 1992. + +6,213 acronyms +common acronyms & abbreviations + +1,185 King James Version frequent substrings +The most frequently occurring 1,185 substrings in the King James +Version Bible ranked and counted by order of frequency. + +467 current fiction substrings +The most frequently occurring 467 substrings occurring in a +best-selling novel by Amy Tan in 1990. + +USA Constitution +The Constitution of the United States, including the Bill of Rights +and all amendments current to 1993. + +NOTE: Accents have been stripped from words, e.g., 'etude' +does not mark the accent on the initial 'e'. |