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Re: ValSpeak / Valley Speak ?

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From: richard.j.straka
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 1990 13:06
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In article <2727@orbit.cts.com> stgeorge@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Steve George) writes:
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| Hi.  I'd like to locate an old Mac (I think) APP or DA that made
| the rounds several years ago called (possibly) ValSpeak.  While
| it didn't actually speak, it would take a 'normal' textfile and
| munge it up to read like something straight out of San Fernando
| Valley, like fersher.  If you know of the program or where it can

The utility (at least the one I know about) was a UNIX(R) utility written in
lex.  Yes, "valspeak" was its name.  Unfortunately, I have only a copy of the
compiled binary (on a mainframe, no less).  I'd like to see the lex source
again one of these days, just for fun.
-- 
Richard Straka                  AT&T Bell Laboratories, IH-6K311
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Subject: Re: ValSpeak / Valley Speak  ?
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