Perl and Search: Where Are We?

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.

File under projects Mon Oct 22 20:52:18 CT 2007