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+# Alphabetter - procedurally improving the alphabet
+
+Inspired by @rfglenn's [tweet](https://twitter.com/rfglenn/status/1378555751870820354?s=21) about alphabetizing the alphabet,
+Alphabetter is a shitpost that "improves" the alphabet by sorting the letters lexicographically by their canonical
+(American English) spellings.
+
+But it doesn't stop there. It then sorts the "new" alphabet by *its own* order, and then sorts THAT alphabet, iteratively, with
+the goal of finding a "steady state", that is, an alphabet that is already alphabetized. (according to its own order)
+
+This happens after only 3 iterations, yielding the "better" alphabet:
+
+```
+rahbdwyuieflmnsxcqgjkoptvz
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+If for some reason you want to run this code, just do
+
+```
+go build alphabetter.go
+```
+
+with nearly any version of golang installed. Then execute it with
+
+```
+./alphabetter
+```