19 Aug
2001
19 Aug
'01
11:28 a.m.
On Sun, 19 Aug 2001, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
> Lastname" into "Lastname comma First", and then make them try to
expand
> their programs to deal with exceptions, such as "Martin Van Buren"
On Sun, 19 Aug 2001, Sellam Ismail wrote:
Ugh. That's difficult at ANY level :)
One of the main goals of that assignment is to get through the concept
that no matter what you do, something else can still come along that your
program can't handle as well as a human can.
suffixes, multi-word last names like DE LA CRUZ, etc.)
but it did fairly
well, with only the occasional exception.
But it was easy for me because I'm a MIGHTY PROGRAMMING GAWD!!!
who will be the first into the molten iron?
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
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