Corpora: programming languages for statistical language learning

[M M Van Zaanen]

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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| Menno van Zaanen                  | "He who breaks a thing to find out what
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