Adding 20_Buzzword in Rust

20_Buzzword/rust/Cargo.toml

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+[package]
+name = "rust"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+rand = "0.8.5"

20_Buzzword/rust/README.md

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+Original source downloaded [from Vintage Basic](http://www.vintage-basic.net/games.html)
+
+Conversion to [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/)

20_Buzzword/rust/src/main.rs

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+use rand::seq::SliceRandom;
+use std::io::{self, Write};
+
+fn main() {
+    let words = vec![
+        vec![
+            "Ability",
+            "Basal",
+            "Behavioral",
+            "Child-centered",
+            "Differentiated",
+            "Discovery",
+            "Flexible",
+            "Heterogeneous",
+            "Homogenous",
+            "Manipulative",
+            "Modular",
+            "Tavistock",
+            "Individualized",
+        ],
+        vec![
+            "learning",
+            "evaluative",
+            "objective",
+            "cognitive",
+            "enrichment",
+            "scheduling",
+            "humanistic",
+            "integrated",
+            "non-graded",
+            "training",
+            "vertical age",
+            "motivational",
+            "creative",
+        ],
+        vec![
+            "grouping",
+            "modification",
+            "accountability",
+            "process",
+            "core curriculum",
+            "algorithm",
+            "performance",
+            "reinforcement",
+            "open classroom",
+            "resource",
+            "structure",
+            "facility",
+            "environment",
+        ],
+    ];
+
+    // intro text
+    println!("\n           Buzzword Generator");
+    println!("Creative Computing  Morristown, New Jersey");
+    println!("\n\n");
+    println!("This program prints highly acceptable phrases in");
+    println!("'educator-speak' that you can work into reports");
+    println!("and speeches.  Whenever a question mark is printed,");
+    println!("type a 'Y' for another phrase or 'N' to quit.");
+    println!("\n\nHere's the first phrase:");
+
+    let mut continue_running: bool = true;
+
+    while continue_running {
+        let mut first_word: bool = true;
+        for section in &words {
+            if !first_word {
+                print!(" ");
+            }
+            first_word = false;
+            print!("{}", section.choose(&mut rand::thread_rng()).unwrap());
+        }
+        print!("\n\n? ");
+        io::stdout().flush().unwrap();
+
+        let mut cont_question: String = String::new();
+        io::stdin()
+            .read_line(&mut cont_question)
+            .expect("Failed to read the line");
+        if !cont_question.to_uppercase().starts_with("Y") {
+            continue_running = false;
+        }
+    }
+    println!("Come back when you need help with another report!\n");
+
+}
+
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// Porting Notes
+//
+//   The original program stored all 39 words in one array, then
+//   built the buzzword phrases by randomly sampling from each of the
+//   three regions of the array (1-13, 14-26, and 27-39).
+//
+//   Here, we're storing the words for each section in separate
+//   tuples.  That makes it easy to just loop through the sections
+//   to stitch the phrase together, and it easily accommodates adding
+//   (or removing) elements from any section.  They don't all need to
+//   be the same length.
+//
+//   The author of this program (and founder of Creative Computing
+//   magazine) first started working at DEC--Digital Equipment
+//   Corporation--as a consultant helping the company market its
+//   computers as educational products.  He later was editor of a DEC
+//   newsletter named "EDU" that focused on using computers in an
+//   educational setting.  No surprise, then, that the buzzwords in
+//   this program were targeted towards educators!
+//
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////