Re: Cross-referencing frenzy

Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-19T14:24:44Z

Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>:
> "Eric S. Raymond" wrote:
> > CONFIG_SOUND_YMPCI: arch/ppc/configs/power3_defconfig arch/arm/def-configs/footbridge arch/arm/def-configs/rpc arch/arm/def-configs/lart arch/arm/def-configs/shark
>
> typo, that should be ...YMFPCI.
>
> maybe you could add soundex to catch misspellings ;-)

Don't laugh. I considered it -- only not with soundex but with
Ratcliff/Obershelp gestalt similarity matching, which is better at
catching this sort of typo. Python has a module for this; I could make
it happen with about two hours' work.
--
Eric S. Raymond

You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself
a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about
repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the
great struggle for independence.
-- Attributed to Charles Austin Beard (1874-1948)