21 Apr
2007
21 Apr
'07
5:42 p.m.
Recently I read an interesting article by Peter Norvig[1] on how to write a spelling corrector in 21-lines of Python. I wanted to try and implement it in Haskell. My implementation is terribly slow and I was hoping for some tips on how to improve it and make it idiomatic. I'd love to see other Haskell implementations as well if anyone has a few moments to spare. Admittedly, it took me several hours to get my version working, but I'm a Haskell newbie. Unfortunately, I think it runs as slow as it took me to write it! There is definitely something wrong with it, a memory leak, because I can't correct more than a few words without a great deal of memory being consumed. Thanks, Pete [1] http://norvig.com/spell-correct.html