Re: [Pharo-users] ANN SXSoundEx for Pharo/Smalltalk

2014-08-24 Thread Tudor Girba
Hi, This algorithm is useful for search. Imagine that you go to a hospital with an urgent problem, people are in a hurry, they need to find you super fast, someone dictates the name and someone else searches for it to find if you have no allergies. In this situation there is no time to think whet

Re: [Pharo-users] ANN SXSoundEx for Pharo/Smalltalk

2014-08-24 Thread Alexandre Bergel
Hi Gareth! I went through the Wikipedia article. I cannot figure out what are the applications of this algorithm. Just wondering Cheers, Alexandre > Le 24-08-2014 à 14:46, stepharo a écrit : > > superb attitude! > > Stef > >> On 24/8/14 16:22, Gareth Cox wrote: >> Hi all >> >> As part of

Re: [Pharo-users] ANN SXSoundEx for Pharo/Smalltalk

2014-08-24 Thread stepharo
superb attitude! Stef On 24/8/14 16:22, Gareth Cox wrote: Hi all As part of a recent project I was asked to create a small soundex thingy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundex I told the company that I'd do it but it'd be opensource and I'd give it to the community. They agreed so here it i

[Pharo-users] ANN SXSoundEx for Pharo/Smalltalk

2014-08-24 Thread Gareth Cox
Hi all As part of a recent project I was asked to create a small soundex thingy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundex I told the company that I'd do it but it'd be opensource and I'd give it to the community. They agreed so here it is! You can find it here http://www.smalltalkhub.com/#!/~river