>>Hmm. Couldn't resist trying a C# version.
>>
>>VFP took 85 seconds to reach 'AABAABZZY'
>>C# took less than 1 second.
>>Didn't test over a longer loop because I got scared :-}
>
>Of what, guessing a aramaic or other semitic name by using only 26 characters of an unrelated language? :)

IIRC, the request came from a Tibetan monastery and premised a universal god, although the alphabet wasn't specified.
And we are not guessing - we are trying them all .....