Pierre Markov, Author of the Quixote
Some python scripts to recreate the central absurdity of Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote using variations on a markov chain. It boils down to a python command that will generate a fragment of Don Quixote from the text of Quixote itself.
Setup
Dependencies
You'll need to have pipenv installed for some dependencies.
This work also currently depends on levelDB, whcih you may or may not have to install. The plyvel can help out there.
Run pipenv install --dev to install dependenices
and then pipenv shell to open a shell where all the dependencies are available.
Build the source database
Now we build the source database. Run:
python populate_db.py
and about a minute later the database will be created. BY default, it soties the requires files in the local directory ./dqdb.
By default, the only data added to the directory is taken form the text of Don Quixote, stored in the root of this repository don-quixote.txt. You can add other text to the database by using the -f flag and passing another file.
Making fragments of Quixote
Now you can make fragments of Quixote by running
python make.py
which should return somethign like
un grosero villano, o un mentecato gracioso, pensarán que yo soy algún echacuervos, o algún caballero de mohatra? No, no, Sancho amigo, huye, huye destos inconvinientes, que quien tropieza en hablador y en gracioso, al primer puntapié cae y da en truhán desgraciado. Enfrena la lengua, considera y rumia las palabras antes que te salgan de la boca