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Getting a spell checker working on a machine with 64kB of RAM and a very slow disk with only 170kB of storage is black magic. Start thinking about how you woul
by jandrese 4y ago
Getting a spell checker working on a machine with 64kB of RAM and a very slow disk with only 170kB of storage is black magic. Start thinking about how you would do it and check the size of the dictionary and it seems like a miracle to get it working at all.
- localhost 4y agoI wrote the spell checker for WordPro 64. I had to invent a data compression algorithm based on something that I read in an Encyclopedia Brown story to fit the 70k word dictionary onto that 170k floppy. I also wrote one of the original Fastload cartridges (the GT4, also sold by Pro Line software) which was bundled with WordPro 64. So I’m pretty familiar with this problem domain :)