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55 lines
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Text::LevenshteinXS is an XS implementation of the Levenshtein edit distance in Perl.
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A good point to start is: <http://www.merriampark.com/ld.htm>
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See also Text::Levenshtein on CPAN for a pure Perl version of this module.
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PREREQUISITES
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This suite requires Perl 5; I tested it only under Perl 5.6.
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Text::LevenshteinXS requires the Test module.
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A C compiler.
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INSTALLATION
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You install Text::LevenshteinXS by running these commands in the *nix environment:
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perl Makefile.PL
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make
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make test (optional)
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make install
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To install Text::LevenshteinXS in the Win32 environment, use nmake instead of make.
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nmake is available for free (in a self extracting executable):
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<http://download.microsoft.com/download/vc15/Patch/1.52/W95/EN-US/Nmake15.exe>
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After download and inflate, put nmake.exe and nmake.err in c:\windows\command .
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You need also a C compiler (e.g. Visual C++).
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DOCUMENTATION
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POD format documentation is included in LevenshteinXS.pm.
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POD is readable with the command:
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perldoc Text::LevenshteinXS
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AVAILABILITY
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The latest version of Text::LevenshteinXS is available from the
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CPAN <http://search.cpan.org/>
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COPYRIGHT
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Copyright 2003 Dree Mistrut <dree@friul.it>
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This package is free software and is provided "as is" without express
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or implied warranty. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under
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the same terms as Perl itself.
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