On Tue, Aug 01, 2017 at 09:36:13AM +0100, Jason McIntyre wrote:
> 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

Morning

I assumed someone who cared to know the frequencies would open the
source, and removing them means there's is one less thing to get out of
sync. But I have no strong opinion here.

- Matthew Martin


diff --git caesar.6 caesar.6
index 9dc040a7a6d..94ad082327e 100644
--- caesar.6
+++ caesar.6
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ their content.
 .Pp
 The frequency (from most common to least) of English letters is as follows:
 .Bd -filled -offset indent
-ETAONRISHDLFCMUGPYWBVKXJQZ
+ETSAORINDHLCPMUYFWGBVKXQZJ
 .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).
+E(12.37), T(9.68), S(8.77), A(7.97), O(6.96), R(6.63), I(6.39), N(5.92),
+D(4.78), H(4.49), L(3.81), C(3.61), P(2.91), M(2.69), U(2.62), Y(2.07),
+F(2.01), W(1.88), G(1.46), B(1.35), V(0.81), K(0.42), X(0.23), Q(0.08),
+Z(0.06), J(0.04).
 .Ed

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