in reply to Re^3: Running SuperSearch off a fast full-text index.
in thread Running SuperSearch off a fast full-text index.
I didn't realize you were the author of KinoSearch, which you are also suggesting as a platform.
And I, in turn, was unaware that dmitri was my sock puppet. ;)
intelligent analysis of huge amounts of generic data can beat analysis of specialized data.
Sure, those techniques are powerful... The brute force "did you mean" stratagem[1] is tough to top, no question!
As for whether we'll be able to deliver an overall improvement on the PerlMonks search experience, I guess we'll just have to present something, and people can vote with their clicks.
[1] Major search engines decide what to suggest based on search history: what most people have typed in after misspelling something. This has proven superior to algorithms based on edit distance.
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