I Write Like goes viral

In further adventures of I Write Like (or IWL for short) it transpires that the software is made to model spam filters and works mostly on the principle of word recognition.

Internet is awash with articles about IWL, but if you can't be bothered to search yourself, I've copied a few links here. I suggest the Associated Press one for the most useful information - they've obviously taken the trouble to interview the creator of the software (English is not his first language - does that matter?) and we finally discover what principles it uses to assess the writing sample (50 authors, 3 books per author)

Associated Press http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j93L3sF-VA-F548doKe70er5uD0wD9H0DAU81

Guardian blog http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2010/jul/15/i-write-like-margaret-atwood

Huffington post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/16/i-write-like-sweeps-the-w_n_649339.html

thestar.com  http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/article/837164--i-write-like-finds-your-inner-author