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| Component programs
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compare.c,compare.pl +
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| Computer languages
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C,Perl +
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| Full description
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Originally designed as an experiment in fu … Originally designed as an experiment in fuzzy logic, 'compare' has turned into a tool for identifying literary allusions. A machine can analyze large quantities of text with perfect recall. This is particularly advantageous when working with lesser known texts with which readers have a limited degree of familiarity. Other possible applications include indentifying the author of an unattributed piece, or reavealing a point at which an author first read a work. "Allusion" is interpreted as current text that shares something with the source text: words, orthography, meanings, syntactical relations, etc. Using 'compare,' the computer can detect a measure of similarity between two pieces of text, which defines them as potentially allusive.hich defines them as potentially allusive.
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| Homepage URL
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http://www.english.upenn.edu/~jlynch/Computing/compare.html +
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| Interface
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command-line +
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| Is GNU
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false +
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| Keywords
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text +
, editing +
, syntax +
, word processing +
, comparison literature +
, allusion +
, orthography +
, similarity +
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| Last review by
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Janet Casey +
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| Last review date
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19 July 2005 +
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| License
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GPLv2orlater +
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| License verified by
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Janet Casey +
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| License verified date
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31 January 2001 +
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| Name
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compare +
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| Real name
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Jack Lynch +
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| Related projects
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Compare +
, Diffutils +
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| Resource URL
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mailto:jlynch@english.upenn.edu +
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| Resource audience
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Bug Tracking +
, Developer +
, Support +
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| Resource kind
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E-mail +
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| Revisionid
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7,593 +
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| Revisiontimestamp
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12 April 2011 10:47:57 +
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| Revisionuser
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User:WikiSysop +
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| Role
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Maintainer +
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| Short description
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Text analysis and comparison tool +
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| Submitted by
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Database conversion +
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| Submitted date
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1 April 2011 +
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| Text-creation
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word-processing +
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| Use
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text-creation +
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| User level
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none +
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| Version comment
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1.00 stable released 1995-05-28
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| Version date
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28 May 1995 +
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| Version download
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http://www.english.upenn.edu/~jlynch/Computing/compare.c +
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| Version identifier
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1.00 +
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| Version status
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stable +
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| Works-with
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text +
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| Has queryThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Compare +
, Compare +
, Compare +
, Compare +
, Compare +
, Compare +
, Compare +
, Compare +
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| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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5 March 2013 21:03:09 +
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| Page has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Entry +
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| Has subobjectThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Compare +
, Compare +
, Compare +
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| EmailThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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jlynch@english.upenn.edu +
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