On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 01:36:15AM -0500, Matthew Martin wrote: > The man page documents frequencies that are different than the code > uses e.g. C (3.61 vs 2.7) and D (4.78 vs 3.8). This seems a bit much for > a man page. If anyone prefers the letter ordering be kept, the correct > order is ETSAORINDHLCPMUYFWGBVKXQZJ . > > - Matthew Martin >
morning. i don;t see what harm there is in providing this information. the man page itself is hardly a huge read, and who knows whether someome might find it useful. i'd be willing to commit a diff which updates the man page. jmc > > diff --git caesar.6 caesar.6 > index 9dc040a7a6d..889f24c6548 100644 > --- caesar.6 > +++ caesar.6 > @@ -61,16 +61,3 @@ and in some of the databases used by the > program to > .Dq disguise > their content. > -.Pp > -The frequency (from most common to least) of English letters is as follows: > -.Bd -filled -offset indent > -ETAONRISHDLFCMUGPYWBVKXJQZ > -.Ed > -.Pp > -Their frequencies as a percentage are as follows: > -.Bd -filled -offset indent > -E(13), T(10.5), A(8.1), O(7.9), N(7.1), R(6.8), I(6.3), S(6.1), H(5.2), > -D(3.8), L(3.4), F(2.9), C(2.7), M(2.5), U(2.4), G(2), > -P(1.9), Y(1.9), > -W(1.5), B(1.4), V(.9), K(.4), X(.15), J(.13), Q(.11), Z(.07). > -.Ed >
