Improve scripts (and add one) of 2012/kang

The try.alt.sh uses the alt code. This helps further show how a single
letter can change so much and thus one can really appreciate the
subtlety of the entry even more. The other scripts were improved.
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Cody Boone Ferguson committed 2024-01-26 09:47:01 -08:00
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@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ where the sound of 'V' is 'F' and so the program had the letter be 'F'. A
problem, however, with changing it is that it breaks other words including in
German. Thus there is the alternate version instead which fixes a problem for
Germans that causes problems for Germans so if you're German you'll just have to
deal with it :-) It is, however, good as you might be able appreciate the entry
even more.
deal with it :-) It also breaks other words too and this happens only for one
letter change. With this one should hopefully be able to really appreciate the
subtlety of this entry even more.
### Alternate build:
@@ -50,7 +51,10 @@ make alt
### Alternate use:
```sh
echo "full spelling of an English cardinal numeral less than a quadrillion" | ./kang.alt
echo vier | ./kang.alt
echo uno | ./kang.alt
```
@@ -58,14 +62,17 @@ echo uno | ./kang.alt
### Alternate try:
```sh
./de.alt.sh # German 0 through 13 both with and without umlaut
./try.alt.sh # try various languages
./en.alt.sh # English 0 through 13
./de.alt.sh # German 0 through 13 with both umlauts and without (additional 'e')
```
What does it get right? What does it get wrong? How does it compare to the
original entry without the change of `f` to `v`?
Finally why does it get what it gets wrong wrong?
Finally why does it get wrong what it gets wrong?
## Judges' remarks: