Re: Corpora: programming languages for statistical language learning

From: M M Van Zaanen (menno@scs.leeds.ac.uk)
Date: Fri Jun 09 2000 - 11:18:48 MET DST

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    Hello John,

    I, myself prefer to use Python. This is a free programming language, which
    works on several platforms (including windows, unix and mac os). It is
    interpreted (so it is slightly slower than C or C++), but it is very easy
    to use and to learn. Furthermore, it is possible to link C code with it.

    It can be found at:
    http://www.python.org

    If you have any questions, please let me know.

    Menno

    PS this language can be used for other stuff as well :)

    On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, John Colby wrote:

    >
    > My dissertation involves the statistical induction of phrase-structure
    > grammars. I had planned to use C++ for the implementation. However,
    > several professors at my university are concerned about using C++.
    > One reccommended PROLOG, even though I plan to use existing parsers.
    > Another warned me that using C++ would be a nightmare and few people
    > in my computer science depatment use it, mot preferring C instead.
    > ANy comments researchers in statistical language learning have for me
    > would be greatly appreciated.
    >
    > -John Colby
    > University of California at Santa Cruz
    >
    >

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