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Re:How to Write a Spelling Corrector by jcromartie on Friday June 19, 2009 @11:49PM (#666109)
Interesting: a Java implementation of this algorithm is 372 lines, while a Clojure one is 18!
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Re:How to Write a Spelling Corrector by nikblack on Saturday June 20, 2009 @04:23AM (#666262)
35 lines in Java actually, the other one is a poor implementation.

execution speed is more important than lines of code in this case

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