Table 2 Character frequencies for the quotes used in the experiment and for the Python computer code

space

5,346

1,980

p

415

142

:

9

57

} or #

0

30

a

1,764

211

q

19

7

∧

0

0

[

0

65

b

370

54

r

1,385

428

&

0

1

]

0

65

c

800

132

s

1,655

198

*

0

649

-

325

13

d

758

171

t

2,076

271

(

0

113

_

0

91

e

2,876

297

u

827

117

)

0

113

∼

0

0

f

521

76

v

306

48

;

7

0

0

5

100

g

503

48

w

552

42

’

108

70

1

1

80

h

1,138

49

x

23

62

?

15

0

2

2

29

i

1,803

204

y

620

58

+

0

22

3

0

7

j

61

17

z

29

2

=

0

81

4

0

13

k

223

56

!

4

3

<

0

8

5

0

24

l

1,089

109

@

0

1

>

0

3

6

0

19

m

590

167

,

165

101

/

0

21

7

0

12

n

1,680

213

.

434

152

∖

0

2

8

1

4

o

1,995

245

%

2

15

{ or ^″

0

244

9

1

6