[Corpora-List] What is best for text processing Perl of Python?

[Marc Carmen]

If you are looking for .Net/Mono and Python you might want to look into Iron Python ( <http://www.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?ProjectName=IronPython> http://www.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?ProjectName=IronPython)

 

“IronPython is a new implementation of the Python programming language running on .NET. It supports an interactive console with fully dynamic compilation. It is well integrated with the rest of the .NET Framework and makes all .NET libraries easily available to Python programmers, while maintaining full compatibility with the Python language.”

 

I haven’t tried this but it should allow .Net interaction and the ability to use the already existing NLTK (http://nltk.sourceforge.net/)  NLTK has a lot of modules already created that may prevent you from reinventing the wheel.

 

 

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Thanks

Marc Carmen

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From: corpora-bounces at uib.no [mailto:corpora-bounces at uib.no] On Behalf Of True Friend
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 8:47 AM
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Subject: Re: [Corpora-List] What is best for text processing Perl of Python?

 

Thanks for your recommendations. I googled a bit and found some interesting things like Boo <http://boo.codehaus.org/>  a scripting language written for .Net/mono. This thing attracted me and I read some pages and tutorials about it. Its syntax is very much influenced by Python. It can use the standard class libraries written for .Net/Mono. I think C# and other .Net languages are fully capable of text processing and relatively easy to learn. So I am thinking to learn Boo as a scripting language along with C#. 
Regards

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 7:31 PM, Stephen Lewis <stephen.lewis at gmail.com> wrote:

I have found Perl to be easier for quick regular expression scripts. I have also found that it's easier to find scripts already written in Perl than in Python. If you really are just doing quick corpus text processing on Unix/Linux, I'd recommend Perl.

 

Stephen

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 3:25 AM, True Friend <true.friend2004 at gmail.com> wrote:

I am wondering what language to learn for text processing. I've found scripting languages too easy for simple but teasing tasks in corpus text processing. Plz suggest me what language I should learn Perl or Python. 




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