Ignore the default binary go builds.

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+alphabetter

alphabetter.go

@@ -10,50 +10,58 @@ import (
 )
 
 var SPELLINGS = map[rune]string{
-	'A': "AY",
+	'A': "A",
 	'B': "BEE",
-	'C': "SEE",
+	'C': "CEE",
 	'D': "DEE",
-	'E': "EE",
-	'F': "EFF",
+	'E': "E",
+	'F': "EF",
 	'G': "GEE",
 	'H': "AITCH",
-	'I': "EYE",
+	'I': "I",
 	'J': "JAY",
 	'K': "KAY",
-	'L': "ELL",
-	'M': "EMM",
-	'N': "ENN",
-	'O': "OH",
+	'L': "EL",
+	'M': "EM",
+	'N': "EN",
+	'O': "O",
 	'P': "PEE",
 	'Q': "CUE",
-	'R': "ARR",
+	'R': "AR",
 	'S': "ESS",
 	'T': "TEE",
-	'U': "EWE",
+	'U': "U",
 	'V': "VEE",
-	'W': "DOUBLE EWE",
-	'X': "ECKS",
-	'Y': "WHY",
+	'W': "DOUBLE U",
+	'X': "EX",
+	'Y': "WYE",
 	'Z': "ZEE",
 }
 
+var modeRandom = false
+var modeInfinite = false
+var modeStats = false
+
 func main() {
 	rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
-	random := false
-	infinite := false
 	for i := 1; i < len(os.Args); i++ {
 		if os.Args[i] == "--random" {
-			random = true
+			modeRandom = true
 		}
 		if os.Args[i] == "--infinite" {
-			infinite = true
+			modeInfinite = true
+		}
+		if os.Args[i] == "--stats" {
+			modeStats = true
 		}
 	}
 
+	totalAlphabets := 0
+	// a count of how many alphabets stabilize in various quantities
+	stats := make(map[int]int)
 	for {
 		var alphabet []rune
-		if random {
+		if modeRandom {
 			alphabet = randomAlphabet()
 		} else {
 			alphabet = []rune{'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'I', 'J', 'K', 'L', 'M', 'N', 'O', 'P', 'Q', 'R', 'S', 'T', 'U', 'V', 'W', 'X', 'Y', 'Z'}
@@ -62,22 +70,32 @@ func main() {
 		fmt.Println(string(prev))
 		i := 0
 		for {
+			if i > 100 {
+				fmt.Println("Alphabet seems infinite.")
+				break
+			}
 			alphabet = sortAlphabet(alphabet)
 			if string(alphabet) == prev {
-				if infinite {
+				if modeInfinite {
 					fmt.Println(prev)
 				}
 				break
 			}
 			prev = string(alphabet)
-			if !infinite {
+			if !modeInfinite {
 				fmt.Println(prev)
 			}
 			i++
 		}
 		fmt.Println("Iterations:", i)
+		stats[i]++
+		totalAlphabets++
 
-		if !infinite {
+		if modeStats {
+			printStats(stats, totalAlphabets)
+		}
+
+		if !modeInfinite {
 			return
 		}
 	}
@@ -96,7 +114,11 @@ func sortAlphabet(alphabet []rune) []rune {
 		j_index := -1
 
 		k := 0
-		for k = 0; k < len(i_spelling) && k < len(j_spelling); k++ {
+		for k = 0; ; k++ {
+			if k >= len(i_spelling) || k >= len(j_spelling) {
+				return len(i_spelling) < len(j_spelling)
+			}
+
 			i_index = findIndex(alphabet, rune(i_spelling[k]))
 			j_index = findIndex(alphabet, rune(j_spelling[k]))
 
@@ -124,3 +146,20 @@ func randomAlphabet() []rune {
 	rand.Shuffle(len(a), func(i, j int) { a[i], a[j] = a[j], a[i] })
 	return a
 }
+
+func printStats(counts map[int]int, total int) {
+	keys := make([]int, 0, len(counts))
+	for k, _ := range counts {
+		keys = append(keys, k)
+	}
+	sort.Ints(keys)
+
+	for _, k := range keys {
+		if k == 101 {
+			fmt.Printf("Infinite Loops: %.2f\n", float64(counts[k])/float64(total))
+			continue
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("%d: %.2f\n", k, float64(counts[k])/float64(total))
+	}
+	fmt.Println(counts)
+}