Perl and Search: Where Are We?

By Peter Karman (‎karpet‎) from Minneapolis.pm
Date: Saturday, February 16, 2008 02:45 PM
Duration: 20 minutes
Target audience: Any
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You can find more information on the speaker's site:

• Abstract: http://peknet.com/index.cgi/projects/fp_talk1.perm
• Talk: http://svn.peknet.com/perl/slides/fp/search

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Perl has long been a handy language in the information retrieval world. It has been used to build everything from simple regexp-based search engines to powerful IR libraries.

This talk will focus on two of the most popular IR projects currently being used in the Perl development community: KinoSearch and Xapian. Examples of each will be given, as well as some pros and cons for each project.