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Re:How to Write a Spelling Corrector (2007) by dljsjr on Friday March 28, 2014 @12:30PM (#7488240)
And yet this is written for people who aren't familiar with this area of software engineering. It's stated so right at the top of the article.
Re:How to Write a Spelling Corrector (2007) by hnriot on Friday March 28, 2014 @11:16PM (#7491259)
nonsense, any software dev that can't follow a lambda that adds 1 should be taken outside and shot.

When Norvig says talks of regular folks, he means people with 1/10th his IQ, which is still the top 1%. Norvig is so far out there on the IQ scale that I find it funny when some noob says he's found a bug!