MarksCode

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/* Program: Markov ChainMaker                                        */
/* Author: Ron Marks                                                 */
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/* This programs applies Markov chains to textual input in order to  */
/* generate not-quite-random sentences and words.                    */
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/* Input:                                                            */
/* Text file as args0                                                */

MarksCode

Call me Ishmael.  Some years ago--never mind how long
precisely--having little or no money in my purse, and nothing
particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a
little and see the watery part of the world.  It is a way I have of
driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation.  Whenever I
find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp,
drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily
pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every
funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper
hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me